O'Shea's Celtic revelation

The stylish Republic of Ireland international has been a revelation this season, and will be on the short-list of contenders for the Young Player of the Year award.

There have been suggestions that Liverpool were close to signing O'Shea in his youth, as he was a boyhood fan of the Merseysiders, but the youngster has admitted he was primed to join Celtic as a 15-year-old.

"When I was 15, I had all but dotted the i's and crossed the t's on the dotted line to go to Celtic," he stated.

"But then United came in for me and I changed my mind.

"Everyone kept asking 'How are you going to get into that team?'

"But I decided the education I could get football-wise at United would do me the world of good and I couldn't turn down the chance."