Max Taylor signs new contract with Man United after recovering from cancer

Max Taylor has signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United.

Taylor, 20, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2018 but in September returned to training for the first time in 11 months.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer named Taylor in the United matchday squad for their penultimate group game against Astana in November and the Mancunian joined Stalybridge Celtic on loan in January.

"It's a fantastic story, to see him coming back," Solskjaer said. "I met Max very early after I got the job and to have seen his journey back to full fitness and the way he's conducted himself, and it's something he'll always have with him. He's been through something no one should have to go through but he's come through the other end.

"He's an inspiration for all the players. You can see when he's out on the pitch there's no fear anymore, he's had fear in his life, when you're on the football pitch you should enjoy yourself and I hope we can see him progress in his career. It's a chance for us to give him extra motivation as well."

Taylor endured a draining nine-week course of chemotherapy followed by a single day involving as much as eight hours of chemo and four hours of hydration before he was able to play again. He has played six times for the Under-23s in Premier League 2 this term.

Taylor said earlier this season: "I always had a mindset of that there's no way I'm not going to be alive after this. But there were times where I thought 'will I be able to play football after this?' And there were times where I thought there's no way I can get back to that.

"But I think the message that I want to get out to everyone is it is possible - and it is possible to do more than what I've done after you've gone through such trauma.

"It is possible to get back wherever you want to go."

- Nov 2018: Max Taylor starts chemo after being diagnosed with cancer.

- Nov 2019: Included in Man Utd first team squad after getting the all clear.

- May 2020: Signs new contract at United to stay at club for next season.