10 things you didn't know about Manchester United's newest star

James Wilson has burst onto the Manchester United scene in quite some fashion. Two goals and a man of the match display capped a dream debut for the 18 year old.

When Ryan Giggs selected the England Under-19 international to make his first senior bow for the Red Devils against Hull City it raised more than one or two eyebrows. Now people are instead questioning who James Wilson is and why people did not recognise his prestigious talent sooner.

Sportsmail takes a look at some of the things you may not necessarily know about James Wilson.

1. Only last month he went back to his old school Biddulph High to play in a staff and students match in a charity match, to raise money for Sports Relief, against the local police. The match was refereed by Premier League referee Phil Dowd.

2. He has stolen the show before when the occasion was not about him. Wilson scored a hat-trick against Wolves this March but the Wolves fans had flocked to the Molineux to see the return of Jamie O’Hara in his first game back since returning from Los Angeles with a season high crowd of 572 fans.

3. After scoring the winner Charlton at Old Trafford in an FA Youth Cup quarter-final in 2012, which Wilson struck seven minutes into injury time, he scolded himself in the shower, whilst his teammates refused to use the showers due to the boiling hot water. Wilson insisted that he didn’t care because he was full of adrenaline.

4. James Wilson is already well prepared for next season’s pre-season tour to America should he be selected to travel with the first team squad. He played for Manchester United's Under-18 side there in a tournament known as the Dallas Cup last year. He scored two goals in his opening game against Club America, one of the goals was set up by Adnan Januzaj.

5. Wilson was only told about his first ever selection on the bench for the Man United first team when media manager Karen Shotbolt handed him the team sheet. His name instantly started trending on twitter with Manchester United fans as soon as the news was revealed.

6. Wilson, before his debut against Hull, said that his career highlight was training with Nemanja Vidic and Tom Cleverly at St James’s Park and admitted to feeling nervous just training with these stars. Vidic spent time with him one on one focusing on short and sharp passes. 

7. James Wilson was spotted by Manchester United when he was scoring goals for fun for Biddulph under-9s as a 7 year old. They invited him to train after only watching him the once and he was already in the Manchester United youth team when he was a Year 7 pupil at Park Middle School, Knypersley.

8. He nearly went on an emergency loan to Burnley in March. Sean Dyche approached Wilson after the striker had scored a hat-trick against the Burnley youth team, with a view to a move which the United centre forward turned down.