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A pair of young Manchester United fans were overjoyed when defender Lisandro Martinez stopped his car outside Old Trafford to sign a jersey for them on January 28.

United fan Paul Barratt filmed his son and daughter as they waited outside the stadium following the team’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Reading. Barratt told Storyful that he and his children had “front row” seats at the stadium close to where the players enter and leave the field; however, attempts to attract Martinez’s attention there were unsuccessful.

Barratt’s son had brought a shirt with Martinez’s name on the back, and undeterred the trio tried to get his attention outside the stadium at a section where the players walk towards their cars.

However, Barratt said, Martinez “didn’t reach us before he walked off.” The trio then ran toward the area where the players’ cars leave the stadium, and it was here that they grabbed the Argentinean player’s attention, as he stopped to sign the shirt.

Barratt’s footage shows Martinez signing the shirt, posing with the two children, and finally the little pair in tears. “They cried the full 10 minutes walk it took us to get to the car, this is a moment they will never forget,” he said.

Posting the footage to Twitter, Barratt wrote, “this is why players should never forget who pays their wages and how much football means to the fans.” United star Martinez responded with two heart emojis, with the response garnering over 42,000 likes at the time of writing. Credit: Paul Barratt via Storyful