As a bona-fide club icon and former boss of the Reserves team, Solskjaer has a deep appreciation for the youth set-up and it is evident that homegrown players are forming a big part of his plans.
Here, our research shows that the Academy is playing a massive role in first-team endeavours...
A NEW RECORD
We can confirm that United scored 65 Premier League goals across the 2018/19 season, and 30 of those were netted by five different Academy graduates – which equates to 46 per cent of the overall tally.
That is a club record in the Premier League era and beats the previous best of 41 per cent, set in the 1995/96 campaign that is most famous for the Class of ‘92’s collective arrival in senior football.