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title: "Exclusive: Pundit expects Daniel James to be at Manchester United next season"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-05-05T04:31:58Z"
modified: "2021-05-05T04:31:58Z"
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# Exclusive: Pundit expects Daniel James to be at Manchester United next season

**Keith Gillespie has exclusively told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) that he expects Manchester United winger Daniel James to remain at Old Trafford this summer.**

The Welsh international burst on the scene following his move from Swansea City for [£15m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48613872) the summer before last, when scoring [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/leistungsdaten/spieler/319301/plus/0?saison=2019) times in his first four Premier League appearances.

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However, the emergence of Mason Greenwood has seen James restricted to a bit-part role under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this term.

The 23-year-old has scored [five](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/leistungsdaten/spieler/319301/plus/0?saison=2020) times and added one assist in his 24 United appearances, but has started just [nine](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/leistungsdaten/spieler/319301/plus/0?saison=2019) times in the Premier League.

Five of those starts have come in the last nine matches, although James has been a regular in the Europa League, too, which could be valuable for his chances of starting for Wales at this summer’s European Championships.

Despite January [links](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-utd-daniel-james-transfer-23391397) away from Old Trafford, Gillespie believes that James still has a part to play, and expects him to be a Manchester United player next season.

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He told **The Transfer Tavern**:

*“I don’t think he’ll leave. He’s a good squad player, he’s still young and learning the game. It has been disappointing for him because when he first came in, he did well at the start, but his performances have gone downhill.*

*“He’s been used this season more than I thought he would be, you see him in the starting line-up when you don’t expect it –* *Ole obviously likes him.”*