Man Utd academy chief Nicky Butt: Five new kids pushing for first team

Football
23 Oct 2019 • 3:39 PM MYT
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Manchester United academy chief Nicky Butt says as many as five unknown youngsters have the potential to break into the first team this season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a fan of blooding youngsters and has already played the likes of Mason Greenwood, Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes and Brandon Williams this campaign.

Head of first-team development at Manchester United Butt is confident that this is just the start and that more youngsters will soon be following suit.

"They're very exciting players," Butt told the PA news agency.

"We're all excited about these young boys and there's probably another four or five in the background that are slowly going to come up behind them.

"Hopefully more behind that and more behind that, but they're only babies and young at the minute.

"But, for me, it's difficult to bring in a lot of players into a team that's not firing on all cylinders, if you like."