United: unknown (to anyone) youth gets picked due to injury crisis, scores/makes goal in 1st game, England squad call up, media in frenzy about latest academy wunderkid (‘… academy kid in every matchday squad, since Noah created his own 5-a-side team, dontchaknow..’). See Rashford, januzaj and now mainoo.
City: unknown (to anyone but city fans) youth gets picked due to injury crisis, scores/makes goals in multiple cameo appearances, leading to more games,England call up, media not in frenzy about latest academy player to play for City, (‘… city academy just hoovers up players and stockpiles them, like Chelsea, dontchaknow..’). See Lewis, mcatee etc.
The only exception to the above has been Foden, where the media were clamouring for him to be sold/loaned out, to ensure City didn’t have a ‘boys own’ story to be repeated ad nauseum , as per United ‘boys own’ stories that appear for every United academy player, including the ones that get sold on
City: unknown (to anyone but city fans) youth gets picked due to injury crisis, scores/makes goals in multiple cameo appearances, leading to more games,
The only exception to the above has been Foden, where the media were clamouring for him to be sold/loaned out, to ensure City didn’t have a ‘boys own’ story to be repeated ad nauseum , as per United ‘boys own’ stories that appear for every United academy player, including the ones that get sold on