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| Man Utd player wins £4.5m payout | |
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| A former Manchester United player whose career was ended when when he was injured in a tackle has been awarded more than £4.5m in compensation. | |
| Ben Collett, 23, broke his leg in a reserve game against Middlesbrough five years ago, at the age of 18. | |
| Boro player Gary Smith and his club admitted liability for the injury. | |
| The total compensation will be decided when sums for future loss of pension and interest on past loss of earnings are determined at a hearing in October. | |
| Sitting at London's High Court, Mrs Justice Swift awarded the player £4.3m and said the final sum payable to Collett was unlikely to be less than £4.5m. | |
| Cup winner | |
| The match against Middlesbrough was Collett's debut for United's reserve team. | |
| Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson described him as an "outstanding" player. | Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson described him as an "outstanding" player. |
| Collett joined United's youth academy aged nine and signed youth contracts, becoming part of the club's FA Youth Cup-winning team in 2003. | |
| But his right leg was broken in two places in the match in May 2003. | |
| The compensation will be paid by Middlesbrough's insurers. | |
| Mrs Justice Swift said had it not been for the injury Collett would have been offered a three-year professional contract with Manchester United. |