Manchester United might be struggling to make any kind of impact at senior level following their difficult start to the 2018-19 campaign, but there are multiple positives to be taken from their form at youth level this season.
Ricky Sbragia's Under-23s are just two points short of the top of Division 2 in Premier League 2 thanks to a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough, while Neil Ryan's Under-18s have won seven of their 10 matches and stand five points behind Everton in the North Group.
Executive vice-chair Ed Woodward made a point of speaking about the club's continued focus on youth going forward when addressing the club's investors last week, and there are plenty of candidates to follow names such as Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Scott McTominay into the first-team squad.