Nicky Butt tips five unknown Masnchester United youngsters for the first-team squad

Manchester United head of the first-team development Nicky Butt has told there are youngsters worth playing in the club's first-team squad this season. The Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already given some youngsters the opportunity to play in the first team, including Mason Greenwood, Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes and Brandon Williams. Butt thinks there are other youngsters worth getting the same chance. He told the PA news agency: “They’re very exciting players. We’re all excited about these young boys and there’s probably another four or five in the background that are slowly going to come up behind them. Hopefully more behind that and more behind that, but they’re only babies and young at the minute. But, for me, it’s difficult to bring in a lot of players into a team that’s not firing on all cylinders, if you like.” Greenwood has already managed to show his impressive game, however Butt thinks the club youngsters shouldn't be under high pressure right at the beginning of their playing career. “I genuinely do believe that we have some really, really top talent but my concern would be putting too much weight on their shoulders at this moment in time, which might have to happen because of injuries or suspensions or whatever goes on in the squad dynamic. They can play a big role by going on the pitch and performing. But at this club, you have to perform week in, week out, every single week, in front of 76,000, twice a week. It’s very, very difficult and the message we want to give as an academy and as a club is, yeah, Mason Greenwood, if you want to use his name, he looks like an unbelievable, talented boy, which he is. But the word ‘boy’ is what he is, and we have just to as a fanbase and supporters be patient with these boys,” he added.  

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