 Georgia Stanway has hailed the influence of former Manchester United player Luke Chadwick on her career, saying she speaks to him on a regular basis and he has become an important part of her career. Manchester United news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy Chadwick came through the youth system at Manchester United and went on to make 39 first team appearances before going on to play for the likes of West Ham, Stoke, Norwich and MK Dons. The former England Under-21 player has spoken out in recent years about suffering mentally due to abuse he received during his playing days and is keen to help current players deal with the mental side of the game. Stanway is not suffering with the same problems the former Red Devils man did, but she says he has been a tremendous help as a sounding board since they began to work together in 2021. He has been helping her during the current Women's World Cup, with Stanway an integral part of the England side which is preparing to face Australia in the semi-finals on Wednesday. 'He went through his battles as a player and I was facing, not similar battles, but my individual battles, at Manchester City,' said the 24-year-old. 'He hoped to help mentor players and hopefully put people on the right path, making sure that they don't experience what he did, or if they do experience it then he can say, 'This is what helped me'. He's honestly the best guy, one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Chadwick retired from playing in 2016 (Picture: Getty Images) 'Once or twice a week I speak with (Chadwick) and that's something that I've done for a few years now. I'm not afraid to say it, I went through a time at City where it was a little bit up and down in terms of my mentality, my position, everything was changing and he was my go-to in terms of getting clarity on my position, clarity on what I wanted to achieve in that seaso){kind=link}
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Georgia Stanway has hailed the influence of former Manchester United player Luke Chadwick on her career, saying she speaks to him on a regular basis and he has become an important part of her career.
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Chadwick came through the youth system at Manchester United and went on to make 39 first team appearances before going on to play for the likes of West Ham, Stoke, Norwich and MK Dons.
The former England Under-21 player has spoken out in recent years about suffering mentally due to abuse he received during his playing days and is keen to help current players deal with the mental side of the game.