Max Taylor has received his first call-up to Manchester United’s senior squad at the end of a year that started with him undergoing chemotherapy.

The 19-year-old was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and in September returned to training for the first time in 11 months.

Taylor has made two appearances for Manchester United U23 since then, with the defender now included in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad heading to Kazakhstan for Thursday’s Europa League encounter with Astana.

‘Obviously, Ole has given quite a few of us the opportunity to travel with the team and, hopefully, a few of us will get a game,’ Taylor said on manutd.com.

‘The position I was in this time last year, I was in my first few weeks where I had chemotherapy, I wouldn’t have thought, a year on, I’d be travelling with the first team.

‘It doesn’t matter what the environment is like, just being out there is massive. It’s been a dream since I can remember ever kicking a ball – being a Manchester United first-team player.’