Man Utd v Man City: The schools teaching future stars for both clubs
achieved at least four C-grade from their GCSEs, while 38% achieved seven A grades or better. Both figures are well above the national average.
Paul Pogba, Gerard Pique and Giuseppe Rossi are among the teenagers who attended Ashton on Mersey after moving to the UK at a young age to join United's set-up. It is difficult, though. The prestige of a Premier League club can cause ripples in a school's social life. Whatever the buzz caused by their presence, Cox says United's aim, for a large part, is to stay in the background of a young player's life.
However, the area of school life where - in theory - academy kids could most easily get involved, is actually the trickiest. Defender Williams, who played a number of friendlies for United before leaving in 2019, is now at Doncaster.
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