Taylor named in Man Utd squad for Astana one year after cancer diagnosis

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27 Nov 2019 • 6:10 AM MYT
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Max Taylor has been called up to the Manchester United squad for the first-time after recovering from cancer.

The 19-year-old was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and begun chemotherapy at the start of 2019.

Taylor started training again in September and will now travel with the first-team to face Astana in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

"Obviously, Ole has given quite a few of us the opportunity to travel with the team and, hopefully, a few of us will get a game," Taylor said on manutd.com.

"The position I was in this time last year, I was in my first few weeks where I had chemotherapy, I wouldn't have thought, a year on, I'd be travelling with the first team.

"It doesn't matter what the environment is like, just being out there is massive. It's been a dream since I can remember ever kicking a ball - being a Manchester United first-team player."