The Former United Youth/Reserves Thread

Saw Will Keane scored again for Wigan today. It's good to see him settled at a club and doing quite well after all his injuries.
 
Premier League: Jonny Evans 9 starts in PL for Leicester. Danny Welbeck 3 goals in 4(5) for Brighton. Craig Cathcart 17 starts for Watford. Tom Cleverley 10(5) for Watford. Josh King 5 goals + 3 assists in 17(1) for Watford. Ashley Fletcher 27 mins in PL for Watford. Michael Keane regular starter for Everton. Phil Bardsley unused sub for Burnley. Pierluigi Gollini unused sub for Spurs

Championship: Reece James 10 starts for Blackpool. Demi Mitchell has just left Blackpool to join Hibernian. Fraizer Campbell 0 goals in 4 starts and 13 sub for Huddersfield. He's now 34. Jimmy Dunne 17(4) for QPR after leaving Burnley. Ravel Morrison 15(6) 0 goals + 2 assists for Derby. Tom Lawrence 8 goals + 3 assists in 23 starts + 1 sub for Derby. Sam Johstone 24 starts for West Brom. Oliver Norwood 22 starts for Sheff United. Ben Pearson 7 starts + 8 sub for Bournemouth. Robbie Brady 1 start + 2 sub for Bournemouth.

Matty James 20 starts for Bristol City, Danny Simpson 2 starts + 1 sub for Bristol City. George Tanner 11 starts for Bristol City after joining from Carlisle. Tom Sang 3 starts for Cardiff. Matt Olosunde 1 start + 1 sub for Preston, struggled with injuries this season. Josh Harrop out of favour at Preston. Danny Drinkwater 15 starts for Reading. Joe Rothwell 3 goals + 7 assists in 24 starts for Blackburn. James Chester 13 starts for Stoke. Nick Powell 5 goals in 8 starts for Stoke. Paddy McNair 24 starts, mostly as a CB, for Middlesbrough.

League One: Kieran Lee 4 goals + 4 assists in 16 starts + 6 sub for Bolton. Kieran O'Hara out of favour at Burton, had a brief loan spell at Scunthorpe, playing 3 matches. Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 18(3) in a variety of roles for Burton. Ro-Shaun Williams 17 starts for bottom of the table Doncaster. Aidan Barlow 1 goal in 835 mins for Doncaster. Regan Poole 25 starts for Lincoln. Will Keane 14 goals + 4 assists in 24 starts for Wigan. Ben Amos regular starter for Wigan. Corry Evans 915 mins for Sunderland. Ryan Tunnicliffe 1 goal + 4 assists in 14 starts for Portsmouth. Oliver Rathbone 22 starts for Rotherham. Ethan Hamilton 5 goals in 20 starts for Accrington Stanley.

League Two: Joe Riley 13 starts for Carlisle, mix of RB and CM. James Wilson 4 goals + 1 assist in 16(3) for Port Vale. Max Taylor 13 starts + 1 sub, 2 goals, for Rochdale. Callum Whelan 22 starts + 1 sub for Oldham. Zak Dearnley 0 goals in 7(5) for Oldham. Lee O'Connor 8 starts + 5 sub, mostly in CM, for Tranmere, on loan from Celtic. Donald Love 11(2) a mix of RB, LB, RM and DM for Salford. Matty Willock 2 goals in 6(5) for Salford; not featured since a red card in late November.

National/Non League: Zeki Fryers recently left Stockport in National League after 4 starts. Tyrell Warren a regular starter for Halifax Town in National League. Devonte Redmond recently moved on loan to Kidderminster Harriers from Halifax. He made 3 appearances for Halifax earlier in the season. Josh Bohui just joined Leatherhead, having spent 6 weeks at Hayes & Yeading and slightly longer at Waltham Abbey. Callum Gribbin has joined Radcliffe.

Scotland: Demi Mitchell joined Hibernian as mentioned earlier. Sean Goss 4 assists in 12 starts for Motherwell.

Europe: Alex Fojticek 5 starts in the Slovakian 2nd tier for Bardejov. Angel Gomes 0 goals + 0 assists in 453 mins for Lille in Ligue 1. Adnan Januzaj Real Sociedad. Indy Boonen started the first three games for KV Oostende in Jupiler Pro League in Belgium then suffered an achilles tendon rupture. James Weir 11 starts for MTK Budapest , currently 2nd bottom in Hungary's top division. Arnau Puigmal 7 starts 13 sub for UD Almeria, currently 2nd in La Liga 2. Largie Ramazani 5 goals + 1 assist in 1134 mins for UD Almeria.

DJ Buffonge started first 3 games for NAC Breda in Keuken Kampioen Divisie in the Netherlands, then suffered a knee injury, an unused sub since his return. Gyliano van Velzen 6 starts 14 sub for SC Telstar in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie. Mats Moller Daehli 2 goals + 5 assists in 20 starts for Nuremberg in Bundesliga 2. Saidy Janko 421 mins for Real Valladolid in La Liga 2. Federico Macheda 3 goals + 1 assist in 529 mins for Panathinaikos Athens in the Greek Super League 1. Joel Pereira started first 2 games of the season for RJC Waalwijk in Eredivisie then suffered a hernia injury. Tim Fosu-Mensah just returned from another long term injury, at Bayer Leverkusen.

Not clear what's happened to Millen Baars. He is contracted to AZ Alkmaar's U21s until this summer but hasn't featured this season. Nishan Burkart has been an unused sub a few times for Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Tosin Kehinde still at Randers in the Danish Superligaen. Pique Barcelona. Magnus Wolff Eikrem still at Molde. Aliou Traore joined Parma in Serie B. So far 1 sub appearance, 11 unused sub, contract until summer 2024. Ercolani 10 starts 3 sub for Catania in Serie C in Italy. Michele Fornasier also playing in Serie C for SS Monopoli 1966. Charni Ekangamene currently without a club after leaving his Gibraltar team. Lukasz Bejger 13 starts for Slask Wroclaw in the Polish first tier.

Israel: Davide Petrucci joined Hapoel Beer Sheva. 6 starts + 9 sub.

US: Tyler Blackett 8 starts 3 sub for Cincinnati

Hong Kong: Charlie Scott has been starting for Kitchee. Before that he was at Happy Valley, also in the Hong Kong Premier League.

New Zealand: Scott Wootton has just joined Wellington Phoenix from Morecambe.
 
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Super post. Can I add one? George Broadbent is at Rochdale on loan from Sheffield United and has nine appearances. He's been in and out of their team in League 2.
 
Premier League: Jonny Evans 9 starts in PL for Leicester. Danny Welbeck 3 goals in 4(5) for Brighton. Craig Cathcart 17 starts for Watford. Tom Cleverley 10(5) for Watford. Josh King 5 goals + 3 assists in 17(1) for Watford. Ashley Fletcher 27 mins in PL for Watford. Michael Keane regular starter for Everton. Phil Bardsley unused sub for Burnley. Pierluigi Gollini unused sub for Spurs

Championship: Reece James 10 starts for Blackpool. Demi Mitchell has just left Blackpool to join Hibernian. Fraizer Campbell 0 goals in 4 starts and 13 sub for Huddersfield. He's now 34. Jimmy Dunne 17(4) for QPR after leaving Burnley. Ravel Morrison 15(6) 0 goals + 2 assists for Derby. Tom Lawrence 8 goals + 3 assists in 23 starts + 1 sub for Derby. Sam Johstone 24 starts for West Brom. Oliver Norwood 22 starts for Sheff United. Ben Pearson 7 starts + 8 sub for Bournemouth. Robbie Brady 1 start + 2 sub for Bournemouth.

Matty James 20 starts for Bristol City, Danny Simpson 2 starts + 1 sub for Bristol City. George Tanner 11 starts for Bristol City after joining from Carlisle. Tom Sang 3 starts for Cardiff. Matt Olosunde 1 start + 1 sub for Preston, struggled with injuries this season. Josh Harrop out of favour at Preston. Danny Drinkwater 15 starts for Reading. Joe Rothwell 3 goals + 7 assists in 24 starts for Blackburn. James Chester 13 starts for Stoke. Nick Powell 5 goals in 8 starts for Stoke. Paddy McNair 24 starts, mostly as a CB, for Middlesbrough.

League One: Kieran Lee 4 goals + 4 assists in 16 starts + 6 sub for Bolton. Kieran O'Hara out of favour at Burton, had a brief loan spell at Scunthorpe, playing 3 matches. Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 18(3) in a variety of roles for Burton. Ro-Shaun Williams 17 starts for bottom of the table Doncaster. Aidan Barlow 1 goal in 835 mins for Doncaster. Regan Poole 25 starts for Lincoln. Will Keane 14 goals + 4 assists in 24 starts for Wigan. Ben Amos regular starter for Wigan. Corry Evans 915 mins for Sunderland. Ryan Tunnicliffe 1 goal + 4 assists in 14 starts for Portsmouth. Oliver Rathbone 22 starts for Rotherham. Ethan Hamilton 5 goals in 20 starts for Accrington Stanley.

League Two: Joe Riley 13 starts for Carlisle, mix of RB and CM. James Wilson 4 goals + 1 assist in 16(3) for Port Vale. Max Taylor 13 starts + 1 sub, 2 goals, for Rochdale. Callum Whelan 22 starts + 1 sub for Oldham. Zak Dearnley 0 goals in 7(5) for Oldham. Lee O'Connor 8 starts + 5 sub, mostly in CM, for Tranmere, on loan from Celtic. Donald Love 11(2) a mix of RB, LB, RM and DM for Salford. Matty Willock 2 goals in 6(5) for Salford; not featured since a red card in late November.

National/Non League: Zeki Fryers recently left Stockport in National League after 4 starts. Tyrell Warren a regular starter for Halifax Town in National League. Devonte Redmond recently moved on loan to Kidderminster Harriers from Halifax. He made 3 appearances for Halifax earlier in the season. Josh Bohui just joined Leatherhead, having spent 6 weeks at Hayes & Yeading and slightly longer at Waltham Abbey. Callum Gribbin has joined Radcliffe.

Scotland: Demi Mitchell joined Hibernian as mentioned earlier. Sean Goss 4 assists in 12 starts for Motherwell.

Europe: Alex Fojticek 5 starts in the Slovakian 2nd tier for Bardejov. Angel Gomes 0 goals + 0 assists in 453 mins for Lille in Ligue 1. Adnan Januzaj Real Sociedad. Indy Boonen started the first three games for KV Oostende in Jupiler Pro League in Belgium then suffered an achilles tendon rupture. James Weir 11 starts for MTK Budapest , currently 2nd bottom in Hungary's top division. Arnau Puigmal 7 starts 13 sub for UD Almeria, currently 2nd in La Liga 2. Largie Ramazani 5 goals + 1 assist in 1134 mins for UD Almeria.

DJ Buffonge started first 3 games for NAC Breda in Keuken Kampioen Divisie in the Netherlands, then suffered a knee injury, an unused sub since his return. Gyliano van Velzen 6 starts 14 sub for SC Telstar in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie. Mats Moller Daehli 2 goals + 5 assists in 20 starts for Nuremberg in Bundesliga 2. Saidy Janko 421 mins for Real Valladolid in La Liga 2. Federico Macheda 3 goals + 1 assist in 529 mins for Panathinaikos Athens in the Greek Super League 1. Joel Pereira started first 2 games of the season for RJC Waalwijk in Eredivisie then suffered a hernia injury. Tim Fosu-Mensah just returned from another long term injury, at Bayer Leverkusen.

Not clear what's happened to Millen Baars. He is contracted to AZ Alkmaar's U21s until this summer but hasn't featured this season. Nishan Burkart has been an unused sub a few times for Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Tosin Kehinde still at Randers in the Danish Superligaen. Pique Barcelona. Magnus Wolff Eikrem still at Molde. Aliou Traore joined Parma in Serie B. So far 1 sub appearance, 11 unused sub, contract until summer 2024. Ercolani 10 starts 3 sub for Catania in Serie C in Italy. Michele Fornasier also playing in Serie C for SS Monopoli 1966. Charni Ekangamene currently without a club after leaving his Gibraltar team. Lukasz Bejger 13 starts for Slask Wroclaw in the Polish first tier.

Israel: Davide Petrucci joined Hapoel Beer Sheva. 6 starts + 9 sub.

US: Tyler Blackett 8 starts 3 sub for Cincinnati

Hong Kong: Charlie Scott has been starting for Kitchee. Before that he was at Happy Valley, also in the Hong Kong Premier League.

New Zealand: Scott Wootton has just joined Wellington Phoenix from Morecambe.

Mats M Dæhli 13 matches 2 goals for Nurnberg in 2 Bundesliga - also been regularly in the Norwegian side, although usually on the bench
 
Others to consider:

PL - Max Haygarth (Brentford), Owen Dodgson, Mark Helm, Lewis Thompson (Burnley)
Championship: Joe Costello, Danny Butterworth (Blackburn), Oliver Denham (Cardiff), Sam Peplow (Huddersfield), Luke Daniels (Middlesbrough), Ben Whiteman (PNE), Jimmy Dunne (QPR), Jordan Thompson (Stoke)
L1 - Ben Pleavin (Accrington), Sam Smith (Cambridge), Michael Elechi (Oxford), Jayden Reid (Portsmouth),
L2 - Luke Hendrie (Hartlepool), Sam Hart (Oldham), Jay Lynch (Rochdale), Max Thompson (Scunthorpe), Otis Khan (Orient)

Scotland - Gary Woods (Aberdeen), Liam Grimshaw (Motherwell), Sean McGinty (Ayr), Adam Eckersley (Airdrie)

One or two may have moved on since the start of the season.
 
Others to consider:

PL - Max Haygarth (Brentford), Owen Dodgson, Mark Helm, Lewis Thompson (Burnley)
Championship: Joe Costello, Danny Butterworth (Blackburn), Oliver Denham (Cardiff), Sam Peplow (Huddersfield), Luke Daniels (Middlesbrough), Ben Whiteman (PNE), Jimmy Dunne (QPR), Jordan Thompson (Stoke)
L1 - Ben Pleavin (Accrington), Sam Smith (Cambridge), Michael Elechi (Oxford), Jayden Reid (Portsmouth),
L2 - Luke Hendrie (Hartlepool), Sam Hart (Oldham), Jay Lynch (Rochdale), Max Thompson (Scunthorpe), Otis Khan (Orient)

Scotland - Gary Woods (Aberdeen), Liam Grimshaw (Motherwell), Sean McGinty (Ayr), Adam Eckersley (Airdrie)

One or two may have moved on since the start of the season.

Ben Brereton Diaz as well, at Blackburn now.
 
Others to consider:

PL - Max Haygarth (Brentford), Owen Dodgson, Mark Helm, Lewis Thompson (Burnley)
Championship: Joe Costello, Danny Butterworth (Blackburn), Oliver Denham (Cardiff), Sam Peplow (Huddersfield), Luke Daniels (Middlesbrough), Ben Whiteman (PNE), Jimmy Dunne (QPR), Jordan Thompson (Stoke)
L1 - Ben Pleavin (Accrington), Sam Smith (Cambridge), Michael Elechi (Oxford), Jayden Reid (Portsmouth),
L2 - Luke Hendrie (Hartlepool), Sam Hart (Oldham), Jay Lynch (Rochdale), Max Thompson (Scunthorpe), Otis Khan (Orient)

Scotland - Gary Woods (Aberdeen), Liam Grimshaw (Motherwell), Sean McGinty (Ayr), Adam Eckersley (Airdrie)

One or two may have moved on since the start of the season.
Joe Rothwell (Blackburn) Ben Pearson (Bournemouth) Demi Mithcell (just signed for Hibs)
 
Great post by @kundalini much appreciated.

Also quite humbling read, i had big hopes for a few of those players. Periera, Januzaj, Wilson, Gomes. Really shows you how difficult the stepup is to top tier mens football. Unfortunately it puts a wet blanket over my hopes for our current hopeful batch of young talents.
 
Good to see Oliver Denham starting for Cardiff at Anfield. 19-year-old defender. Left United in the summer of 2020.
 
Wilson scores in 83rd minute to bring Vale back into the tie. Trailing 2-1 now.

Typical poacher's tap in goal.


I think James just came into the wrong era by a few years.

In another time he could have been a superstar but his style of play as a forward is just a bit outdated now for teams at the top level.

He is a pure goalscorer though
 
Wonder where Adnan ends up then? Shame he's been let go.
I thought he was quite decent when I saw him earlier in the season. I'm guessing there might have been some behavioral problems or something.
If that's the case he probably ends up in Turkey or Greece.
 
Rothwell signed for Bournemouth so the Pearson - Rothwell partnership reunited in the PL (I doubt both of them will play regularly for them tho)

They also have Robbie Brady there but he barely played.
 
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Happy for Joe and Ben to finally get a crack in the Prem.

Didn't both of them leave the summer van Gaal came in? Feel like at least one of them might have gotten a few games had they stayed on. We were so desperately short in midfield at that point that I was surprised one of them didn't get a run out in that Moyes season.
 
Rothwell signed for Bournemouth so the Pearson - Rothwell partnership reunited in the PL (I doubt both of them will play regularly for them tho)

They also have Robbie Brady there but he barely played.

People can say what they want about our youngsters, but the fact is - a big percentage of our best players at U23 level end up in the P.L - sooner or later. That is not the case for the majority of the other big clubs
 
Happy for Joe and Ben to finally get a crack in the Prem.

Didn't both of them leave the summer van Gaal came in? Feel like at least one of them might have gotten a few games had they stayed on. We were so desperately short in midfield at that point that I was surprised one of them didn't get a run out in that Moyes season.

LVG took Goss to the pre season instead.
 
Loved Ben Pearson and so happy his career has turned out alright
 
You can see the goal on @ PremierSportsTV ... took his chance well.
 
Good run and good goal. Always thought he was better than Chong, 21 year old first start in la liga and he scores against Madrid in 6 mins
 
Premier League: Joe Rothwell 15 mins as a sub for Bournemouth after his free transfer move from Blackburn. Missed early part of the season, unused sub in 5 PL games. Ben Pearson 214 PL mins for Bournemouth, started the first 3 games of the season but minimal opportunities since Scott Parker departed. Danny Welbeck 11(2) appearances for Brighton, 0 goals and 3 assists. Jonny Evans 810 PL mins for Leicester. Jesse Lingard 867 PL mins, 0 goals, 0 assists for Nottingham Forest. Andreas Pereira 1336 PL mins, 2 goals + 4 assists for Fulham. Michael Keane completely out of favour at Everton this season. James Garner 6 sub appearances for Everton. Sam Johnstone yet to appear in PL for Palace since his summer move from West From.

Championship: Craig Cathcart 1251 Ch mins for Watford, Tom Cleverley achilles tendon injury in August, only 225 mins. Oliver Norwood 2 goals + 5 assists in 2138 mins for Sheff United. Paddy McNair 918 mins for Middlesbrough, out of favour since Carrick took over. Jimmy Dunne 16 starts for QPR. Tahith Chong 1 goal + 4 assists in 1215 mins for Birmingham. Oliver Denham yet to appear for Cardiff in Championship this season. Tom Sang 3 starts, 4 sub for Cardiff. Robbie Brady 1523 mins for Preston. Matt Olosunde yet to appear in Championship for Preston this season. Corry Evans 1734 mins for Sunderland. George Tanner 3 starts as a CB for Bristol City, typically unused sub. Matty James 1265 mins for Bristol City. Oliver Rathbone 1580 mins for Rotherham. Ben Amos 1134 mins for Wigan. Will Keane 8 goals + 3 assists in 1924 mins for Wigan. Ashley Fletcher 66 mins as a sub on loan at Wigan (I'd lost track, he still belongs to Watford, had a brief spell on loan at New York Red Bulls in the spring).

League One: James Chester 486 mins for Derby. Reece James 997 mins for Sheff Wed. Ryan Tunnicliffe 5 starts , 3 sub for Portsmouth. D'Mani Mellor 1 start, 8 sub for Wycombe. Kieran Lee 958 mins for Bolton. James Wilson 3 goals + 1 assist in 10 starts, 4 sub for Port Vale. Mipo Odubeko 2 goals in 513 mins for Port Vale (on loan from West Ham). Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 1544 mins for Burton. Ethan Hamilton 1709 mins for Accrington Stanley. Donald Love 1527 mins for Morecambe.

League Two: Kieran O'Hara 9 starts for Colchester. Ben Hockenhull yet to appear in League Two for Tranmere. Lee O'Connor 18 starts in midfield for Tranmere. Ro-Shaun Williams 1907 mins for Doncaster. Aidan Barlow 43 mins as a sub for Doncaster. Reece Devine yet to appear in the League for Swindon. Josh Harrop joined Northampton in December. Max Taylor yet to appear in the League for Rochdale this season. Joe Riley yet to appear for Walsall. Tyrell Warren 22 starts for Barrow, had been playing National League for Halifax Town. Phil Bardsley joined Stockport in December (apparently his salary is being donated to Charity).

Retired: Danny Simpson listed as being retired, while Max Haygarth, Matty Willock, Danny Drinkwater and Fraizer Campbell without a club according to Transfermarkt.

National League/Non League: Callum Whelan 9 starts, 7 sub for Solihull Moors. Josh Bohui recently joined Sevenoaks, having spent spells at Dorking, Chesham, Leatherhead, Hayes & Yeading and Waltham Abbey since leaving Colchester in summer 2021. Zak Dearnley joined Guiseley in December from Liversedge, having started the season at Buxton. Zeki Fryers joined Macclesfield in the summer.

Scotland: Dylan Levitt 4 goals + 2 assists in 15 starts for Dundee United, Sean Goss 18 starts for Motherwell, Demi Mitchell 1 start, 2 sub for Hibs (spell out with ankle injury). Tom Lawrence 2 goals + 2 assists in 4 starts, 1 sub for Rangers before suffering a knee injury. Deji Sotona currently on loan at Kilmarnock from Nice, 2 sub appearances. Charlie McCann 1 start in Scot Prem for Rangers, unused sub 9 times.

Wales: Larnell Cole joined Flint Town in the summer.

Europe: Adnan Januzaj 1 start, 1 sub in La Liga for Sevilla, mostly unused sub. Arnau Puigmal 1 start, 6 sub in La Liga for UD Almeria. Largie Ramazani 2 goals in 9 starts, 5 sub for UD Almeria. Angel Gomes 2 goals + 1 assist in 15 starts for Lille. Pogba Juventus. Federico Macheda now playing in the Turkish super league for Ankaragucu, 0 goals in 4 starts, 4 sub. Josh King joined Fenerbahce, 3 goals + 1 assist in 5 starts. Indy Boonen still at KV Oostende, 1 goal + 1 assist in 4 starts, 4 sub in Jupiler Pro League. Tim Fosu-Mensah 1 start, 6 sub for Bayer Leverkusen. Joel Pereira 1 start, conceded 6 goals, for RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. Pierluigi Gollini 3 starts for Fiorentina, on loan from Atalanta.

Mats Moller Daehli 3 assists in 14 starts, 2 sub for Nuremberg in the Bundesliga 2. James Weir, Dion McGhee, Millen Baars and DJ Buffonge seem to be without a club (according to Transfermarkt). Aliou Traore yet to appear in Serie B for Frosinone. Saidy Janko joined VFL Bochum in the Bundesliga on loan, 2 starts 5 sub so far. Tosin Kehinde 14 starts, 2 sub for Randers in the Danish Superligaen. Lukasz Bejger 5 starts for Slask Wroclaw in Poland. Nishan Burkart on loan at Winterthur, 1 goal in 6 starts, 2 sub in Swiss Super League. I'm not sure about Alex Fojticek. Tried Transfermarkt and his Instagram but neither is clear. His Slovakian team doesn't seem to have played any matches this season; perhaps they were relegated to a level Transfermarkt doesn't cover. Magnus Wolff Eikrem 6 goals + 9 assists for Molde. Michele Fornasier still at Monopoli in Serie C.

World: Devonte Redmond and Max Johnstone joined Gulf United in the UAE. Not clear to me what's happening to Davide Petrucci, still seems to be at same Israeli club but no eligibility apparently.

Ravel Morrison 2 goals in 11 starts, 3 sub for DC United in MLS. Tyler Blackett about to leave Cincinnati in MLS after 14 starts, 6 sub. Harvey Neville 11 mins as a sub in Miami's final match of the season. Charlie Scott still playing in Hong Kong. Scott Wootton 9 starts for Wellington in New Zealand.
 
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