A Manchester United reporter has revealed the \u2018clear frontrunner\u2019 and second option from the club\u2019s academy who are likely to next make their first-team bow.<\/p>\n
United<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s academy has brimmed with talent for the last 88 years. Indeed, that\u2019s the length of the streak in which at least one player who has come through the Red Devils\u2019 academy has been named in a first-team squad.<\/p>\n Boss Ruben Amorim recently said it\u2019s \u201creally important\u201d to keep that streak going, and in their last game, Jack Fletcher was the sole academy player in the squad, replacing Kobbie Mainoo.<\/p>\n With AFCON coming up and each of Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui heading off to represent their respective countries, there could be chances for academy players to represent the first team.<\/p>\n That has been posed to the Daily Mail<\/a>\u2018s United writer, Nathan Salt, who feels there is \u2018honestly, not too many\u2019 options for Ruben Amorim at the moment.<\/p>\n He states that Shea Lacey is the \u2018clear frontrunner\u2019 having been very close to making the squad for the Sunderland game of late, while Fletcher \u2013 on the bench against Tottenham \u2013 is second, as Amorim is known to be a big fan.<\/p>\n Salt feels shouts for Jaydan Kamason and Bendito Mantano to graduate to the first team are premature.<\/p>\n There is said to be a \u2018lot of interest\u2019 in Lacey in regards to a loan away from United, but they are said not to be entertaining any, pointing to him being a player of interest in the first team.<\/p>\n In five Premier League 2 games this season, Lacey, a right-winger, has two goals and an assist.<\/p>\n In EFL Trophy games against senior opposition, Lacey has one goal and one assist in three games, coming against Barnsley and Notts County.<\/p>\n MORE ON MAN UTD FROM F365: Lacey was the highest-rated player for United\u2019s under-21s in that game, receiving an 8.7 SofaScore<\/a> rating.<\/p>\n Given Mbeumo and Amad, who are going to be unavailable for a while during AFCON, both play on the right-hand side, there could well be an opportunity coming for Lacey.<\/p>\n Largely a right-winger, but also able to play in a slightly less advanced role if required, he could be in a good spot.<\/p>\n Lacey is not the man it was felt is able to play up in the first team, by former United scout Piotr Sadowski, who named Harry Amass \u2013 currently on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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