Jason Wilcox looks set to become Manchester United's new technical director, and Cole Palmer is one of five reasons Red Devils fans should be excited by his appointment.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS continue on their quest to irritate as many clubs as possible in a bid to build a new team behind the scenes at Old Trafford to provide the best possible chance for on-pitch success.
Then the academy manager – having started as the head coach of the Under 18s at City – Wilcox advocated for Palmer to be handed a professional contract, convinced by the playmaker’s ability to force his way into the first team despite doubts from others in the academy set-up. Because those players who haven’t made the cut to thrive in Guardiola’s team have been sold for big money, in many cases purely on the strength of their displays through the age groups.
They’ve made £150m solely through the sales of homegrown players since the summer of 2022; a period in which United made sales of all players totalling £70m.“It takes courage and a lot of hard work to play his way,” Wilcox said when asked about getting the academy players to adopt Guardiola’s style. “This doesn’t just happen on a Saturday; this is hours and hours and hours of practice, days and months of real hard work on the training pitch.
United have arguably been as bad at selling players as they’ve been at signing them, with Romelu Lukaku the only player sold for more than £50m since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Real Madrid in 2010, in which time they’ve signed 12 players for more than that figure. Chelsea: Boehly has ‘no way out’ with points deduction ‘coming’ this year; Palmer’s asking price emerges
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