Man Utd youngster Kai Rooney has confirmed he is out for the rest of the season after picking up an injury recently.
Kai Rooney
Kai Rooney is out for the rest of the season
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Manchester United academy youngster Kai Rooney has picked up an injury that will rule him out for the rest of the season and deny him the chance of featuring in the Under-18s bid for FA Youth Cup glory.
Rooney, 16, was part of the Under-16s side that won the Premier League Shield and the academy prospect has featured for Darren Fletcher's Under-18s at times this season.
It has been a productive campaign for the forward, who is following in the footsteps of dad Wayne by trying to earn a career at Old Trafford, but the injury he has picked up will bring it to a premature end.
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“Disappointed to be out for the rest of the season. Back stronger next pre-season,” Rooney wrote on Instagram on Thursday morning.
Rooney picked up an injury earlier in the campaign as well, but he will still look back on 2025/26 fondly, having also won the Super Cup NI with the younger age group.
He also earned his breakthrough with the Under-18s. He has two goals and an assist in six U18 Premier League fixtures, with that tally coming in just 119 minutes of action.
The youngster also made his first appearance at OId Trafford, playing 21 minutes in the FA Youth Cup fourth-round win against Derby County, while he was an unused substitute in the quarter-final success against Sunderland.
It promises to be a thrilling end to the campaign for the Under-18s, who face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford in the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup, play the same opponents at Selhurst Park in the Premier League Cup final and are locked in a battle with Manchester City at the top of the league.
Having come off the bench in the last three games, Rooney would have been hoping to play his part in the charge for silverware until his injury blow.