Manchester United have expanded their scouting presence in London.
Newly appointed Football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher spoke at the club's latest fans' forum on April 16 in which Murtough spoke of new plans to rejuvenate the scouting process.
"The northwest area remains important to ensure we convince the next Marcus (Rashford), Jesse (Lingard) or Mason (Greenwood) to play for United," notes from the forum read.
"The scouting network across the rest of the UK have also been strengthened. Recently, two new scouts have came on board to focus on the London area. The club's tradition of looking at bringing in the best 17/18 year olds from across the world will also continue.
"The pipeline from the academy to the first remains very important. There is a real benefit of having the likes of Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) and Darren here who were anchored to the real Manchester United in terms of the core values of what we want to try and do.
"The record of having homegrown players in our matchday squad is a by-product of the good work that goes on within the academy. There is also pride in developing players who go on to have a good career at other clubs or in being successful outside of football."
