Manchester United have one of the best academy systems in the country and they’re confident they have the system in place to keep producing stars

Manchester United vs Everton on December 15 was a game that will forever be remembered in the club’s history as a landmark occasion.

The fixture itself will not live long in the memory but it was symbolic that 18-year-old academy graduate Mason Greenwood – who features in Goal‘s NxGn list of the 50 best wonderkids in the world – was the player to salvage a point against the Merseysiders. The contest marked the club’s 4,000th consecutive game involving an academy graduate, a remarkable feat that now stands at 4,022 and there’s no sign of that stopping any time soon.

Brandon Williams, Ethan Galbraith, Di’Shon Bernard, Ethan Laird, Dylan Levitt, D’Mani Mellor and Largie Ramazani are the latest in a long line of youth team players to be given a taste of first team action this season. There’s a strong belief at the club that they have a structure in place that will continue to allow the fabled academy system to keep supplementing the first team for years to come.