Manchester United goalkeeper Elyh Harrison has sealed a loan exit to League Two side Shrewsbury Town for the 2025/26 season.
Harrison’s rise at United
Harrison joined United’s famed academy in 2022 from Stevenage. He has enjoyed a steady rise at Carrington, impressing with his goalkeeping qualities, including playing with the ball at his feet and incredible shot-stopping.
The 19-year-old played a key role in the Under-18s as they won a treble during the 2023/24 season. His performances that term earned him United’s Denzil Haroun Reserve-Team Player of the Year award.
An England youth international, Harrison spent the first half of last season on loan at non-league outfit Chester, keeping seven clean sheets in 18 appearances.
United recalled him for the latter half of 2024/25 to train with the first team and play for the Under-21s.
Harrison was named on the bench eight times by Ruben Amorim but was not given a run out.
A recent report covered by The Peoples Person relayed that Shrewsbury were closing on temporarily securing Harrison’s services and this has now been confirmed.
Shrewsbury sign Harrison
United released a statement which read, “Goalkeeper Elyh Harrison has joined Shrewsbury Town of League Two on loan for the 2025/26 season.”
“Good luck at New Meadow, Elyh!”
Shrewsbury’s director of football, Micky Moore, remarked, “I’m really excited that we’ve signed Elyh.”
“He’s someone we’ve targeted since last season ended and I think he’s got a bright future. We watched him play at Chester last year and continued to watch him when he went back to play for United’s under-21s.”
“We think he’s got all the right characteristics and that this could be a very good loan for him. Michael wanted to get him in the building as soon as possible, so I’m really happy to get it over the line because it was a tough process due to the amount of interest in the player.”
“But I want to thank Elyh and Man United for their help throughout. I’m excited to see how he develops throughout the season.”
Harrison also expressed his excitement at joining Shrewsbury.
Buzzing to have you on board, Elyh 🔥 pic.twitter.com/lVVKEPLSYL
— Shrewsbury Town FC (@shrewsburytown) July 22, 2025
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