As the Manchester United Academy programme comes to an end for the 2023/24 season, I thought I would take some time to summarise what has been achieved by our staff this year.
Our driving force will always be football development; the ultimate aim is to support young people to form the core of a winning first team at United. Notably, this season, Academy graduates have contributed 24 per cent of all first-team minutes. 56 per cent of first-team goals were scored or assisted by graduates. Ten graduates made appearances for the first team, with four players making their first-team debut; Willy Kambwala, Omari Forson, Dan Gore and Ethan Wheatley.