Manchester United academy chief Nick Cox is delighted with their progress this season.
Four Academy graduates made first team debuts during the 2021/22 season – Zidane Iqbal, Charlie Savage, Alejandro Garnacho and Tom Heaton – and Anthony Elanga firmly established himself as a first team regular.
“A lot of work and investment has been put into strengthening the Academy over recent years and we feel the fruits of that are now showing through," he told the club's website.
Optimism around the Academy has been heightened by this month's FA Youth Cup triumph for United's Under-18s, who beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in front of nearly 70,000 fans at Old Trafford.
Cox said the team epitomised the approach taken by the Academy to attract the best talent to United from near and far.
“The group represents Manchester United with a core of local players from the north-west of England, supplemented by the best in England and then some cherry-picked from European clubs at 16 – all trained and coached to thrive together."
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