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Utd bid to sign 16 year old twins from Man City - Darren Fletcher’s sons!
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The exclusive we were all waiting for
The big story here is the fact that Darren had rather they were brought through cities academy rather than ours.
That’s probably the end of our transfer activity for the summer.
Yep that’s pretty damning. I believe Robin Van Persie’s son was at the City academy too when he RVP was at Utd. I’m sure others have been too.
Hopefully new owners can enhance our academy like City have done.
I'm just glad we could sign some first team midfielders to replace Fred and McTominay
Jobs for the boys. Great culture.
To be fair maybe we didn’t want them. It’s not a kiddy day care
Oh someone won’t be happy. Fletcher family tree
Abit disrespectful to be Technical Director and your boys are playing for City.
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People have been moaning for years that they’ve been at City. Now that’s about to be fixed people still fecking moan.
I always wondered why they all sent their kids there when all you had to do was look at the long list of City's academy graduates vs ours.
In all seriousness how good are they? As highly rated as Orny implies?
Old news old timer. We're shit, get used to it.
So odd how a lot of our ex players just sent the kids to City
Whoever could you mean?
Far too short. Won't make it here.
I don’t know enough about the mechanics of these things, but they’re too young to have signed pro deals so how does it work with us seemingly having to come to a deal with City for a “substantial fee”?
16 is more than half way to 30. Too old, do not want.
Their academy is way better due to investment/our lack of investment. In that scenario sending the kids to City and then taking them back if they turn out to be any use isn't a bad plan.
I think people are moaning because whilst other clubs are snapping up KMJ and Mac Allister, or almost look close to snapping up Declan Rice and Moises Caicedo all we've been really linked to is a pittance bid for Mason Mount, other than that all you see is 'monitoring' 'considering' 'watching' etc
The first proper EXCL we get is trying to get Darren Fletcher's twin sons into our academy from City, for a 'substantial fee' apparently
Also I don't want any drama at United, Fletcher will realize that these are Van de Beek kids when he sees the three of them together.
Is this a parody?
No, i'm just explaining why some people might be complaining?
I haven't seen the lads play but have heard and read that they're very good prospects and represent England u16s. Darren Fletcher was absolutely correct in sending them to the City academy imo due to how things were deteriorating at youth level under the Glazers and David Gill. We've come a long way since then and even though the likes of City and Chelsea are better funded at youth level, we should match them with a new owner.
Is the summary, because some people are dumb?
People are complaining about us signing 2 highly rated 16 year old kids for what will be a six figure sum because we aren’t signing a 3rd choice CB for 60m euros or Declan Rice for 100m when we need a top striker, an Eriksen upgrade and a new GK? Are these people in the room with us now?
This should be in the youth section of the forum and has nothing to do with what happens at first team level.
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Yes, but what does Fletcher actually do?! 
This is all SAF’s fault. He keeps smiling when sitting next to the Glazers and Fletcher is his son. And they are both Scots.
One of them picked England U16s over Scotland U16s. Fergie will be fuming.
Maybe he didn't want his boys to face accusations of nepotism had they been at our club.
Feel free to move it. I don’t even see a youth section on the forum?
I didn't mean to have a go at you mate. It's just that the youth recruitment side is separate from the recruitment at first team level, hence they have separate budgets and separate scouts.
Can't go wrong with two Fletchers.
More deadwood.