Manchester United s new Foden participates in the training of the England team and is expected to make his debut this season! Larjue has high hopes for the youth training

Manchester United's 18-year-old talented winger Shea Lacey was called up by national team coach Thomas Tuchel and participated in the training of the England adult national team on Wednesday. Recently, Lacey was also included in the first-team training squad by Red Devils coach Ruben Amorim.

Lacey is not the only young player involved in the England squad, with Raquel Samuel and Harrison Murray-Campbell also being called up. Samuel is a player on loan from Manchester City to League Two, and Murray is a defender from Chelsea.

Players from England's youth teams at all levels are often called to the adult team for training to increase the team's training numbers. In the last European Cup, Manchester United's third goalkeeper Tom Heaton was also recruited into the training camp by Southgate as a partner to help the team train.

Lacey certainly hopes that this will not be his last time training under the supervision of the England coach, but he must first play in the first team at Manchester United before he has a chance to truly be selected for the "Three Lions". Lacey has been plagued by injuries over the past two years, which have affected his development.

However, Lacey has been valued by Manchester United's youth training system for many years. He was once compared with Messi, and later with Rooney, because both of them are from Merseyside. Many members of Lacey's family, including his parents, support Liverpool, but he has been a die-hard Manchester United fan since he was a child.

In 2024, Lacey, who turned 17, signed his first professional player contract with Manchester United. In the national team, he started with the England under-15 youth team and has been playing for the national youth teams of all ages. Recently, the outside world has lowered expectations for him, and his comparison template has become Manchester City's Phil Foden.

Lacey suffered a thigh muscle tear in October 2023 and was only able to return in March last year. In the 2024/25 season, he suffered another injury and did not really recover until early this year. He missed the chance to participate in the FA Youth Cup and only played 5 times in the Premier League U18 league, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists.

This season, Lacey played 4 times on behalf of Manchester United U21 and scored 2 goals. In the recent EFL Cup with Lincoln City, he played 90 minutes for the first time after being injured in 2023. At the beginning of this month, he was recruited into the England U20 National Youth Team, which was his first time in the international arena in two years.

Amorim and Manchester United's first-team players were impressed by Lacey's skills, and former captain Maguire personally helped the youngster adapt to life in the first-team. It is expected that Lacey will get a chance to make his debut during the Christmas and New Year schedule at the end of December, when Mbemo, Amad Diallo, Mazrawi and other Red Devils right-wingers will have to leave the team to participate in the African Cup of Nations.

Manchester United boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe emphasized this week that he hopes to revive Manchester United's youth training system. "Manchester United's youth academy has really declined. You need the youth academy to develop talent all the time. This can help the club solve its financial problems, but it won't be solved overnight. The youth training problem cannot be solved overnight, it will take time. We have just appointed a new academy director."

Lajue was talking about Stephen Tope, who replaced Nick Cox who went to Everton as technical director. Tope worked closely with United sporting director Jason Wilcox at City, who pushed for the appointment. But outside sources have questioned why so many former Manchester City managers have been recruited to Manchester United.

However, a recent arrangement by Larjue's Ineos management team has been criticized by fans who are concerned about youth training. As Carrington's youth team training facilities are being upgraded, Manchester United's U21 and U18 youth teams were not allowed to use the newly opened 50 million pound training facility for the first team. They were once placed in temporary cabins in the players' parking lot! In the past, the youth team's dressing rooms were located close to the first team, but Lars has scrapped that arrangement in favor of returning to a traditional set-up, with the purported aim of making the first team's facilities an area that young players must aspire to be in.