Unlike many other top Premier League clubs, Manchester United’s success since Sir Alex Ferguson’s glory days has often relied on the homegrown stars coming through the youth academy.
Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo are the latest academy products to impress the football world well beyond the Premier League’s borders.
Garnacho won the 2024 Copa America with Argentina, while Mainoo went from a late traveller to a headline performer for England at the fateful 2024 UEFA European Championship.