Manchester United have a knack for producing generational midfield talents and ‘La Carrington’ shows no signs of slowing down right now, with another local lad on the horizon and ready to step up.
Many will be scratching their heads, desperate for United to take a breather after churning out the likes of Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo in recent seasons, but after years of turmoil and unforgettable flops, a hot streak at academy level is long overdue.
There’s a plethora of young talent on the books at United right now. Mainoo and Garnacho are already some of the first names on Erik ten Hag’s team sheet, Joe Hugill is very quickly turning into a fully grown man-beast at just 20 years old on his loan spell to Burton, and Dan Gore has just secured a loan of his own to Port Vale.
Will they all make it at Old Trafford? Probably not. But if they can all go on to enjoy careers as professional footballers worldwide, then that’s a pretty impressive feat in itself.
We as fans have got to escape the shackles that bound us to thinking that every crop of promising youngsters must emulate the success of the Class of ’92. It’s simply not possible.
What we could get, though, is a new supergroup of lads local to United who possess an unbearable amount of talent, breaking through in a similar style to Evolution in WWE, mixing in with their first-team colleagues and potentially becoming unstoppable.
The latest member of our imaginary faction – and one that could surprise a few – is 18-year-old Ethan Williams, who is by all accounts an ordinary lad, but possesses feet capable of extraordinary things.
Born in 2005, Williams only actually joined United in 2019 from Rochdale, linking up with the Red Devils at under-14 level and quickly honing
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