Manchester United “can never play without academy players in its first team squad”, says Gary Neville, with a club legend welcoming Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s efforts to preserve that tradition.
The former Red Devils defender emerged through a famed academy system himself to form part of the fabled Class of ‘92.
That group, which included the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, helped to establish an era of domestic dominance for United.
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Home-grown talent has always been important to the club, though, with the ‘Busby Babes’ setting the benchmark back in the 1940s and 50s.