Ex-Manchester United starlet Brandon Williams will learn his fate on May 9 after pleading guilty to a dangerous driving charge that could land him two years in prison.

The 24-year-old, who burst onto the scene with his boyhood club in 2019, crashed his car at 99mph 'with a balloon in his mouth' while accompanied by a young woman in August 2023.

It was said to be a miracle that nobody was killed or injured in the A34 crash in Cheshire but it remains to be seen how severely punished Williams will be for his recklessness.

Next month, the verdict will be handed down and there's a maximum sentence of two years. Anything close to that amount would scupper his plans to resurrect his football career.

Williams is currently without a club and it is approaching a year since his £65,000-a-week contract at Old Trafford ran out.

He already has a chequered driving history, amassing 30 penalty points and being given driving bans of six months in October 2023 and 12 months in May 2024.

In the case from last May, he twice failed to declare who was driving and was awarded 12 points as well as a £1,000 fine.

Williams' last appearance on the football pitch came in December 2023 while on loan at Ipswich Town. It was his second spell away from United having also represented Norwich in the Championship and he will be desperate to find a way back.

He made 47 appearances in total for Man United and posted an emotional message on Instagram after leaving.

Williams wrote: 'I always hoped I would never have to make this post but here we are. Since the age of seven, this Manchester United football club has been part of my life from the Cliff to Carrington day in day out.

'But to have been able to make brothers which will last a lifetime, I want to thank my team-mates, especially the ones I've shared the last 17 years with.'