Erik ten Hag has had a fair share of opportunities to progress from the Manchester United youth to the first team during training this week.

As we prepared for Saturday’s Premier League match against Brentford, a few players from the academy were called up to the first squad for training on Thursday.

The many injury issues that Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United club has been dealing with this season are probably to blame for this.

After having his injury against Spurs overlooked and Ten Hag starting against Aston Villa, Kobbie Mainoo (No. 37) is going to miss a couple of weeks.

After this, United might have to rely on midfielders from the academy to fill in, and they have called up an exciting 18-year-old ahead of United’s match against Brentford.Six young stars from Manchester United’s academy have broken into the first team’s training sessionThe likes of Dan Gore and Toby Collyer are being considered as potential midfield alternatives for United ahead of their match against Brentford; Manuel Ugarte is also out for the team.

Christian Eriksen had a productive international break for Denmark, but he will likely require a break following this, so United will be short-handed.

Now Finley McAllister has played with United’s first team, but whether he makes the matchday roster or not is still up in the air.The initial team also included McAllister, Malachi Sharpe, Ashton Missin, Sam Mather, and Ruben Curley in addition to Tyler Fredricson.

Despite the low likelihood of being named to the matchday roster, this is a great opportunity for the youths who do not typically practice with the first team to get valuable experience.