Over the last few years, things have finally been changing with Manchester United’s youth academy after years of neglect at what should have been the club’s crowning glory saw it fall behind competitors.
The quality of players coming through was still high, but they were ignored and borderline neglected by United. The emphasis was on superstars, making money and increasing the club’s global appeal, not developing young players. It led veteran United journalist Andy Mitten to write a damning piece decrying complacency and old-fashioned methods.
But now things have changed, and one player who embodies the new direction of the youth academy is Ethan Laird: just as he drives forward on the pitch, so too does United’s youth academy.
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