However, they did not end up signing Abildgaard, as he chose to sign for Ajax instead.
"It is of course great to be allowed to join such a club, and to be good enough for such a big club to believe in you," he said about his move to the Dutch giants.
Every day you come in, there are expensive cars, you see the Ajax logo, there are (security) guards outside, there are a lot of training sessions. It's just great to put on the Ajax training clothes.
I heard about (Ajax's) interest a long time ago. And then it was like just a process between the club and my family and my advisor about how it should go, and things like that.
I also went to trial training down there (at United) to see what it was like, and we ended up making the decision that it was the best for me."