Oliver Holt's top Man United youth products 1. Gary Neville AdvertisementThe progression of youth team players – particularly local players - to the first team is a particularly emotive subject in football. There is an umbilical cord tying United to their local community through their youth team that no other club in England can match. 'They made you understand the prestige of representing United at any level,' Gary Neville wrote of the youth team teachings of Eric Harrison and Stiles. There have been times when some have wondered whether the run featuring youth team players in the squad might be broken – most recently when Jose Mourinho was in charge – but Mourinho respected the traditions of the club, too, and gave six youth team players, including Scott McTominay, their first team debuts while he was at Old Trafford.

Source: Express June 01, 2023 22:04 UTC