#3 Midfielders
Jesse Lingard
Lingard made his senior debut in the 2014-15 season against Swansea City and became a regular for United in the following season under Van Gaal. He made 40 appearances for United last season, scoring 6 goals in the process.
He also scored the winner in FA Cup Finals against Crystal Palace, and a scintillating solo goal in the recently concluded FA Community Shield against English champions, Leicester City. The Englishman remains an important part of United’s squad.
Adnan Januzaj
The Belgian youngster broke into Manchester United’s first-team under David Moyes in 2013. He signed a bumper contract after he became a fan favourite, especially after the 2 goals he scored against Sunderland. However, his career took a downslide since and was sent away to loan spells to Borussia Dortmund and Sunderland.
The 21-year old is currently on loan at the Stadium of Light under his former manager, Moyes, and Mourinho has stated he remains an important part of United’s future team.
Davide Petrucci
Petrucci joined AS Roma as a youth player in 2002, before joining Manchester United’s academy in 2008. There were high expectations from the United reserve captain but he failed to make a senior team debut, after loan moves to Peterborough United and Royal Antwerp.
He left Manchester United in 2014, and moved to Romanian club, CFR Cluj. He had two good seasons at Cluj and recently moved to Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor.
Larnell Cole
Cole made his only senior team debut in 2011 against Leeds United but failed to make a strong claim in United’s senior squad. He moved to Fulham in 2014 and was sent to loan on to MK Dons and Shrewsbury. Cole is still a part of Fulham’s team and made 29 appearances in the Championship.
The Englishman spent the 2015-16 season on loan at League One sde, Shrewsbury Town, where he featured in most of Shrewsbury’s league campaign, and scored 3 goals.
Ryan Tunnicliffe
The recipient of the 2011 Jimmie Murphy Young Player of the Year, Tunnicliffe spent loan spells at Peterborough United, Barnsley and Ipswich Town, following a cup win with United’s senior squad. The midfielder moved to Fulham in 2014 and has made 38 appearances, since.
Luke Giverin
The Englishman was sent out on loan to Royal Antwerpen, but could not impress on his return. He did make the United U18 squad but failed to break into the senior squad. He’s currently at Salford City.
#4 Strikers
Will Keane
Will Keane joined United’s academy in 2004 and has since enjoyed various loan spells at clubs like QPR and Wigan Athletic, among others. He has made only 2 senior team appearances - his debut in 2011-12 and a one-off appearance last season.
He was impressive in the short period, but suffered an unfortunate injury, and has since found it hard to make himself a part of United’s senior squad. He’s currently at Old Trafford and is looking for a move away for first-team football.
