my wonderkids who excelled and either went straight into my
first team or on the verge of breaking in were:
Sherman Cardenas (was already my regular first team starter during
the 07-08 season)
Nicolas Millan (he's 19, got english citizenship and i'm still
loaning him out to gain more first team exp.)
Okaka (loan him out for four seasons, came back and developed into
a wonderful player - first team starter paired with rooney as
first-choice strike-pair)
Micah Richards (first-team regular after i sold Gary Neville)
Vanden Borre (first team player, backup to micah richards)
Bojan (on the verge of breaking into the 1st team)
Vela (still out on loan, unhappy as i couldn't give him any first
team action)
Pique (first choice defender always after 4 seasons out on loan
which includes Barcelona where he really blossomed, wanted to leave
when Barca bid for him but i rejected outright and guaranteed him a
1st-team place)
Nuri Sahin (loaned him out for 3 seasons which includes Barca after
i bought him for 17m [now value's worth 25m] from Bayer Leverkusen,
excellent playmaker. first-team player who replaced Carrick and now
Carrick's playing backup to Sahin)
Magnus Wolff Eikrem (on the verge of breaking into the first team
squad once i sell Carrick, would be playing backup to Sahin; future
Scholes)
Corrie Evans once broke into my first team squad when i needed a
playmaker as Carrick and Wolff Eikrem was injured wtih Sahin out on
loan (decided not to recall him). But he didn't reach my
expectations so i sold him to promoted Preston for 6m.
Ritchie Jones (may break into my squad, has got the
potential)
David Jones (played a couple of games before i sold him)
To be honest, I can't find any really extremely promising hot
prospects that are academy players who are able to break into my
first team squad, much less a first-xi starter. They do not possess
enough quality. The most they can be is a backup squad player.
