Ryan Tunicliffe, 19 is charged with drink driving by police.

A "highly regarded" young footballer has been charged with drink driving, police have said.

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe, 19, of Clemshaw Close, Heywood, near Rochdale, has been charged with driving with excess alcohol and is due to appear before Bury Magistrates Court on October 25, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed.

The charge relates to an incident which happened shortly before 2.15pm on Saturday when a Range Rover collided with a transit van on Green Lane, Heywood.

The van subsequently collided with the wall of a house.

Police said the front seat passenger of the Range Rover suffered a minor whiplash injury in the collision and both vehicles were badly damaged.

Tunnicliffe made his debut for United against Newcastle in a Capital One Cup match in September.

His performances were rewarded with a professional contract on December 30, 2009 - the day he turned 17.

His profile on United's official website, www.manutd.com, describes the player as "somebody who is highly regarded at Old Trafford".

Danny wrote:Good section to put it in.


Gotta love people on twitter saying get rid of him.

Ed wrote:thought this would be you leading onto some Career mode storyline

Dr. Ján Ĩtor wrote:quite early, maybe hed just had a pint at lunch or was on the piss the night before?

ahlycotc wrote:Would be fair if he got sacked.

Kuled wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:Would be fair if he got sacked.

Ronaldo crashed his car as well when he was with us, should we have sacked him too?

Kuled wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:Would be fair if he got sacked.

Ronaldo crashed his car as well when he was with us, should we have sacked him too?

Kuled wrote:Fine, he didn't drink. But to terminate his contract because of a mistake (a bad one obviously) is stupid. He's got potential, letting him go for that would be silly.

AndItsKoren! wrote:

Kuled wrote:Fine, he didn't drink. But to terminate his contract because of a mistake (a bad one obviously) is stupid. He's got potential, letting him go for that would be silly.

You've held 30 people hostage, killed 7 people and stole £121 million that we cannot find but you know what, I wont send you to jail, because you have potential.

Danny wrote:

AndItsKoren! wrote:

You've held 30 people hostage, killed 7 people and stole £121 million that we cannot find but you know what, I wont send you to jail, because you have potential.

Yep, because doing that is exactly the same as this.