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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Man Utd's 11 FM wonderkids from 2012 - and how they have fared in real life 10 years on

Manchester United are arguably the biggest club in world football and with that comes the ability to both buy superstars and make them from the ground up.

Back in 2012, the Red Devils had 11 players on their books that were placed on Football Manager's list of 100 wonderkids. All 11 had the world at their feet, plying their trade for United under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson but not all of them forged the career that was expected of them.

United have produced some of the game's greatest, with the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs all emerging from the Red Devils' academy while other superstars such as Wayne Rooney have been purchased early on and been nurtured and developed at Old Trafford.

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