It was also interesting to read about the young CB at u15 level (Habeeb Ogunneye) who is considered a Greenwood level talent by the coaching staff at academy level.
England and Nigeria are reported to be in a tug of war over him too.
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England and Nigeria are reported to be in a tug of war over him too.
Good read. Lots of interesting stuff. So Utd see Diallo as the 2nd best under 19 talent in europe behind Ansu Fati. Thats high praise and expectations.
Some very promising kids coming through. Hope they can make the step up eventually to the first team.
Looks brilliant in those clips, admittedly.
He plays right back. Good player. Hear we have signed 3 players from Derby in 14s and 15s.
Accd to Alan Nixon we've paid two million upfront for those three lads. I found that very unlikely.
Seems a lot of money. We seem to buy in a lot of players these days across age groups.
The young lads must be much coveted if we've paid £2m upfront.
14s &15s are under contract, standard compensation amounts are set out under the EPPP
Are we helping them with their cash flow problems? Must be more included in the deal for us?
To have prolific strikers in the u23 team and U18 team is so important and so much joy 
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9257739/amp/How-Manchester-Uniteds-new-38m-prodigy-Amad-Diallo-trafficked-Africa.html
A massive problem in academy football but one nobody ever tackles.
A massive problem in academy football but one nobody ever tackles.
UEFA Youth League cancelled for the season, shame but I'm not surprised.
No one saw this coming
Apparently we lost against Burnley in a friendly game today. Any idea what our lineup was? Joe Hugill was the goalscorer I heard.
That is shit for him......but not so bad news for us because Fish (Currently out) is our only centre-back in the squad.
23s lost 1-5 in a friendly against Burnley.
No wonder considering the absence of Hannibal, Shola, Amad, Elanga and all central defs.
U16s lost 4-1 to Bolton u17s today
So the seasons are just cancelled? Damn, I know someone who was in 1st place too
no promotion for him then.Good interview with an academy coach here: Article
This is the section about Daniel Gore, our recent u18's debutant. Since he doesn't have a separate thread yet, I'm posting what the article has mentioned about him.
"He was my first signing at Burnley and now he's at Man United Under-16s and I think he's an extraordinary talent. That's not because of me that's just because of him. Great lad, fantastic work ethic, feet on the ground but he's just got that unpredictability about him. To either score goals or make goals.
"He's the toughest attacking player I've ever coached in my 30 years.
"I remember going to Carrington when he was maybe 12, 13, Man United have always had quality players, they had two centre-halves who were huge and Danny was really small at the time, he was rapid quick but he was a bit small. He absolute terrorised these two centre-backs and I think it was at that point that United caught sight of him and thought this might be a potential United player.
"Plays for England as well. I think he's got a massive, massive future there."
This is the section about Daniel Gore, our recent u18's debutant. Since he doesn't have a separate thread yet, I'm posting what the article has mentioned about him.
"He was my first signing at Burnley and now he's at Man United Under-16s and I think he's an extraordinary talent. That's not because of me that's just because of him. Great lad, fantastic work ethic, feet on the ground but he's just got that unpredictability about him. To either score goals or make goals.
"He's the toughest attacking player I've ever coached in my 30 years.
"I remember going to Carrington when he was maybe 12, 13, Man United have always had quality players, they had two centre-halves who were huge and Danny was really small at the time, he was rapid quick but he was a bit small. He absolute terrorised these two centre-backs and I think it was at that point that United caught sight of him and thought this might be a potential United player.
"Plays for England as well. I think he's got a massive, massive future there."
I've got mutual friends with former United youth coach Lee Waddington. (Please don't take this as a declaration of ITK...I know nothing).
Anyway, Lee says that the talk around our club is that we have more promise in the youth and academy set up than at any time in our history...
And that Solskjaer, since he came, has been utterly superb with regard his academy strategy and restructure....
Anyway, Lee says that the talk around our club is that we have more promise in the youth and academy set up than at any time in our history...
And that Solskjaer, since he came, has been utterly superb with regard his academy strategy and restructure....
I read the interview earlier. Some interesting things, especially regarding Gore. However, I have no idea why he puts so much emphasis on Mourinho and Josh Harrop. It's not like United was proven wrong.
The U23 team v Everton tomorrow is going to be very light on numbers.
We've had defensive problems for a few games now at that level, and now with Hannibal injured and Shola and Amad in the first team squad, we're going to be short on attacking quality.
The U18's didn't play this week, so it might be a chance for Hardley, McNeill and Emeran to step up. And probably see players that aren't quite good enough - like Stanley and Helm - get starts behind Hugill?
We've had defensive problems for a few games now at that level, and now with Hannibal injured and Shola and Amad in the first team squad, we're going to be short on attacking quality.
The U18's didn't play this week, so it might be a chance for Hardley, McNeill and Emeran to step up. And probably see players that aren't quite good enough - like Stanley and Helm - get starts behind Hugill?
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Whitwell has provided an update for Derby teenagers to United(Can't post the article)
- They are u15
- Signing for a combined 750k
- Derby are open to selling United at this price rather than wait for the tribunal compensation to kick in.
Whitwell has provided an update for Derby teenagers to United(Can't post the article)
- They are u15
- Signing for a combined 750k
- Derby are open to selling United at this price rather than wait for the tribunal compensation to kick in.
I can't think of any Derby players that have stood out in either the 15s or 16s? the only player I can think of is Sam Sebagabo ,however i'm sure he's an u16 playing for the 18's
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A very young team with only 1/2 players with U/18 starting experience. I understand that Sam Mather got our goal from a spot-kick.
Correct, this years & next years Scholars
Can anyone back up this info on Daniel Gore? Or is this just the case of an academy coach hyping up a young lad?
Any details on the player would be appreciated!
He’s an England international and recently made his u18s debut so he is rated quite highly in his age group.
But this is also most definitely a case of a former coach just waxing lyrical of his friends and players close to him. In the same interview he claims Josh Harrop should be still in our first team and that the staff let go in the recent academy overhaul should never have been let go because they were there a long time. Our academy massively improving since the overturn suggests they were rightly fired. Josh Harrop being in League One and generally being quite average since leaving suggests he is rightly not a regular in our first team. He’s just backing the people he is close to so anything he said means feck all really.
Haha well thank you for the additional info mate, but that's not what I wanted to hear! I wanted to hear that young Mr. Gore is the second-coming of Rooney, with a little bit of Ronaldo mixed in! I guess I won't put money down on us winning the treble in 2025.
Any news on the line up tonight?
Good to see Puigmal back. Was he injured?
He was and just picked up another.
I wish I could thank whoever made that video for highlighting the lad so we know who to watch. Good video, sign him up!
I believe an U17/16 team are playing Crewe Alex U18 at the Cliff tonight. Anyone know any details?
Has Hoogewerf been out with an injury? Haven’t seen him this season, or has he been with the u18?