Manchester United youngster Chido Obi will join Dutch side Willem II on a season-long loan, talkSPORT understands.The 18-year-old forward has made eight first-team appearances for Man United.Obi made his senior debut for United last yearGettyObi was also part of the United side that reached the final of last season’s FA Youth Cup against Manchester City.Obi’s next stepHaving not featured for the first team last term, he’s now set to head to the Eredivisie, where he’ll hope to get plenty more senior experience under his belt.Based in the town of Tilburg, Willem II are back in the Dutch top flight after finishing third in the second-tier Eerste Divisie and winning promotion via the play-offs.The club boast among their former players Man United great Jaap Stam, while current Liverpool and Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk started out in their youth system.Willem II are already three games into the new Eredivisie campaign, losing their first two matches 4-1 before picking up their first point with a 2-2 draw against Heerenveen last Sunday.John Stegeman’s men are next in action at home to Excelsior this Saturday coming.Already making his mark on the international stageBorn in Denmark, Obi has represented the country up to Under-21 level.However, he has also represented England‘s Under-17 team, featuring at the 2024 European Under-17 Championship and being named in the Team of the Tournament for his impressive displays.He’s eligible to play for Denmark, England or Nigeria internationally.Obi joined United from Arsenal later that year, a couple of months before his 17th birthday, with former United defender Phil Jones raving about his talent, describing him as an ‘animal’ of a player.Obi joined United just under two years agoGettyWhile with the Gunners, he made headlines by racking up ten goals during a 14-3 demolition of Liverpool in an Under-16 match.He also broke the record for the most goals in an Under-18 Premier League season during the 2023/24 campaign, striking 32 times in 18 outings in total.Named in the United senior matchday squad for the first time against Tottenham in February last year, he made his first-team debut in that game as a late substitute for Casemiro.He made six further Premier League appearances in the 2024/25 campaign, becoming United’s youngest-ever starter in the competition against Brentford that May.A player who knows where the net isAmong the goals for United’s Under-21s in Premier League 2 last term, finding the net 11 times, Obi came off the bench in the first team’s 5-0 pre-season friendly win over Rosenborg in Norway in July.However, he hasn’t been involved in either of United’s two Premier League 2 fixtures so far this season.He’s now poised for his first loan spell away from Old Trafford.