If most successful football teams are built from the ground up then the Manchester United "rebuild" being overseen by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already completed its first phase.
This stage won't attract many headlines outside of Manchester and it won't sell many shirts or attract many sponsors, but within the walls of Old Trafford and Carrington there should be a feeling of a job well done.
United's times of success have always come when the academy is strong, from the Busby Babes through to the Class of 92 under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Coincidence or not, when United's academy is strong the first team seems to be strong as well. So when the Under-23s were relegated from the top tier of Premier League 2 in 2017/18 and the Under-18s struggled to
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