Mbeumo welcomes former school to Carrington
“We headed to Carrington about 12:30 GMT and the kids got very excited when they spotted it was Benjamin Sesko reversing his car to let our coach through into the compex!
“We had about an hour with Bryan, after watching some Academy games which was very inspiring. They were all sat in the press conference room with him and, little by little, they opened up and asked him lots of different questions. I opened it by saying how impressed I was by his English. I teach French kids and said: ‘Bryan, I watch you being interviewed on Match of the Day sometimes and you’re getting on so much better with your English!’
“In Avallon, the town where he’s from, they have a Sports Personality of the Year award, which he won last year. So we presented him with the trophy.
“The kids were like wow, we’re in Old Trafford. Wow, we’re at Carrington. We appreciate that not everyone gets to go on these visits. It was a pretty amazing day for them all.
“Later, the kids made me cry because, unbeknownst to me, they’d secretly bought a little notebook and they filled it with thank-you messages for organising the trip. One of them wrote: ‘It’s been a dream of mine to visit Old Trafford at least once in my life. So thank you for making my dream come true.’
“And Bryan was so up for it and made it a special day for them. He’s promised he’s going to come back to visit the school again at the end of the season and sign some more shirts and photos for them.”
