If you have joined Manchester United before the age of 18, have played games for one of the club’s youth teams and Man Utd is the first professional club, then you are part of the statistics the Red Devils are proud of. Homegrown players have been an important part of the club’s strategy, but this weekend a streak of 4332 games could be broken.
Manchester United always have a player with a past at the club’s academy in the match squad. Kobbie Mainoo has represented this link in five games this season, but against Tottenham, the 20-year-old is out injured.
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According to The Athletic, Darren Fletcher’s son has travelled with Man Utd to London, if Jack Fletcher is selected for the game, continues 88 years of continuity, if not, an end to a very special tradition. All about Tottenham – Manchester United
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