Danny Welbeck offered fans of two clubs more glimpses of his undoubted talent in a season curtailed by a late knee injury...
Story of the season: Danny got his personal campaign underway in the Carling Cup third-round tie against Wolves in September, and wasted little time opening his goal account, scoring the winner in the 1-0 win. A week and a half later he made his only league start of the season in the 2-2 draw at Sunderland. He followed that by coming off the bench against Bolton in the next league game, and 10 days later he was back in the Carling Cup starting line-up. The fourth-round opponents were Barnsley, and again Welbeck was on the scoresheet in a 2-0 win. Next came another little milestone in his fledgling career – his Champions League debut. Danny won’t remember it too fondly, though, as United lost 1-0 at home to Besiktas, surrendering a proud home record in the process. Further starts came against Tottenham in the Carling Cup, Wolfsburg in the Champions League and Leeds in the FA Cup, as well as a couple of Premier League appearances from the bench. After the arrival of Mame Biram Diouf in January, Sir Alex allowed Danny to become his son Darren’s first acquisition for Preston. The loan move went well, with Danny notching twice in his first three games, but a knee injury in March cut short the loan deal and Danny’s season.
Finest moment: The move that led to his goal against Wolves was a masterpiece of attacking precision. Michael Carrick laid the ball into Welbeck, whose touch off to Michael Owen was returned into his path for a crisp one-two. The young marksman made no mistake with the finish, rifling the ball past Marcus Hahnemann into the right corner of the net.
What’s in store? Possibly another loan spell at Preston, where Ferguson Jnr was mighty impressed with his youthful charge, but Danny has repeatedly expressed his desire to break into regular first-team action. Once recovered from his injury, an important pre-season awaits…
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