Manchester United have been very good at producing youngsters, with a very long line of players such as Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher. Even more recently, other examples are Danny Welbeck, Jonny Evans and Darren Gibson. Here. we look at some of the other players who have the potential to rise from the academy reserve sides, and though some mentioned are not British like the players mentioned above, they can still become big Manchester United stars.

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Who: Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow
What: Champions League Group B Match Day 4
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
When: 19:45 BST (2:45 EST)
Why: The Old Trafford faithful need a first hand viewing of CSKA keeper Igor Akinfeev before every English tabloid spends the summer linking him with a transfer to the club.

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Who: Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow
What: Champions League Group B Match Day 4
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
When: 19:45 BST (2:45 EST)
Why: The Old Trafford faithful need a first hand viewing of CSKA keeper Igor Akinfeev before every English tabloid spends the summer linking him with a transfer to the club.

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You can imagine the disappointment of United fans after the derby defeat to Liverpool but I am pretty sure the Carling Cup game against Barnsley put a smile on their faces. First team players Owen, Obertan, Evans and Brown proved they've got plenty to offer in team's quest for trophies, but it is the youngsters that impressed me the most.

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Though it was against lower opposition, you have to be impressed by Gabriel Obertan's performance yesterday at Oakwell. He has pace, a lot of it, and you could not question his other areas of his game such as his dribbling or his passing ability.

It was very impressive considering that he just come back from a long lay-off in the sidelines.

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There were some post-game fan trouble following Barnsley's Carling Cup fourth round defeat to Manchester United at Oakwell on Tuesday evening. Manchester United won the game 2-0 on Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck goals. However, the game's most memorable incident occurred when two young Barnsley fans invaded the pitch, stole the ball from goalkeeper Ben Foster and [. Click to continue reading...

United youngster Danny Welbeck and former Kop hero Michael Owen scored early in the second half to put Manchester United into the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. Barnsley played well but were unable to prevent a 0-2 loss in the hands of Manchester United. Click to continue reading...

Man United are through to the final eight and one step closer retaining the Carling Cup after beating Barnsley 2-0. United were down to 10-men for half and hour after Gary Neville was sent of for a high challenge with his studs showing.
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So then following Sunday's 'no show' at Anfield, the champions bounced back with a just about deserved two nil win at Barnsley in the Carling Cup last night, thanks to goals by Danny Welbeck and Michael Owen. United are through to the next round and with rivals Manchester City likely to be in the draw what chance a quarter final meeting? Click to continue reading...

From Oakwell, Attendance 20,019 , Referee Chris Foy Barnsley 0 2 Manchester United

Danny Welbeck (6)
Michael Owen (59)
Gary Neville (s/o 63)

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Manchester United's second string overcame the dismissal of Gary Neville to march into the last eight of the Carling Cup thanks to goals in each half from Danny Welbeck and Michael Owen to beat Barnsley 2-0.

Welbeck headed home Anderson's corner while unmarked in the fifth minute and Owen's neat finish just before the hour-mark put the holders in the clear in front of a sell-out crowd at Oakwell.

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Manchester United defeated Mark Robins' Barnsley 2-0 in the fourth round of Carling cup. The first goal came after 6 minutes by Danny Welbeck and the second scored by Michael Owen after 59 minutes .
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The English Carling Cup continued on Tuesday with round 4. Many of the teams remaining are Premiership clubs however one of the Championship sides is Barnsley. They hosted Manchester United on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Barnsley 2-0 Video Highlights

Manchester United used a reserve squad and rested virtually all of their top players as they still cruised past Barnsley Tuesday night in the English Carling Cup.

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Barnsley 0-1 Manchester United

29′ Home crowd starting to make some noise. Not much, but it's still noise. Bogdanovic and Macken have been superb so far. Another chance as I write. Anderson da Silva heads over.

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Manchester United travel to Barnsley today with the hope of getting a result which will help put the disappointment of the weekend behind us.

Of course, we won't be seeing the same line-up who started at Anfield but with strong competition for places in the squad, the team won't be made up or just youngsters.

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Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the England International team needs striker Wayne Rooney more than Manchester United do. Rooney is a definite starter for both teams. As an England and Man United supporter, I would also say that England needs Rooney more. Click to continue reading...

There is history, here. England's two greatest football clubs lining up on the hallowed turf of Anfield, some of the World's greatest players are there; two of the World's greatest managers are there; but this is worth more than simply names and people: this is about bragging rights, this is to prove which is actually England's Greatest Club.

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From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,103 , Referee Mark Clattenburg Manchester United 2 1 Bolton

Zat Knight (o/g 5)
Antonio Valencia (33)

Matthew Taylor (75)

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Andy Carroll is back on Tyneside today after helping the England U21 side get a valuable 6-3 win against Macedonia last week. Andy Carroll after scoring England's 4th goal and his second Andy started the game and was preferred to Manchester United's impressive Danny Welbeck, and he repaid the confidence shown in him by coach Stuart [. Click to continue reading...

Man United defender Ritchie de Laet has signed a new contract, which will see him at Old Trafford until 2012.
The 20-year old joined Man United from Stoke City January 2009 and since then he has made only two first team appearances for United.
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What can I say about yesterday's game against Sunderland? After the game yesterday, I was fairly happy that United had managed to salvage a point out of the game, this morning I am disappointed- how were we so bad?
The Man United starting XI was- Ben Foster, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

Before today's games my colleague Taylor Fisher predicted a Portsmouth victory in today's game away to Wolves. Indeed he was right and the 1-0 victory puts new life in to Pompey's season. Wolves have had a patchy start to the season and their opposition exploited their weaknesses and have given Paul Hart some relief from the turmoil surrounding the club.

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From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,114 , Referee Alan Wiley Manchester United 2 2 Sunderland

Dimitar Berbatov (51)
Anton Ferdinand (o/g 90)

Darren Bent (7)
Kenwyne Jones (58)
Kieran Richardson (s/o 85)

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After scoring a brilliant goal in his debut during our 5-0 battering of Stoke last season, Sir Alex Ferguson tipped Danny Welbeck for a big International future, as well as with United.

Welbeck scored our only goal in a 1-0 win over Wolves this week, where we played with ten men for an hour of the match, and says he's more concerned with his United career than with England.

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It's always a good sign seeing a young English striker score a goal like that. A piece of magic was needed as the game looked as if it could go into extra time as Wolves had fought hard throughout the game.

Danny Welbeck has huge potential. Terrific one-two, terrific finish. It was obvious that Man Utd were going to field a weaker side from the Carling Cup and didn't play too badly however there is room for improvement with some of these fringe players.

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Michael Owen helped Danny Welbeck a superb pass to mark his first appearance of the season with the winning goal as 10-man Manchester United defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carling Cup fourth...
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Danny Welbeck proved to be invaluable as he scored the only winner for the Carling Cup match which opposed United to Wolves yesterday night at Old Trafford. United played most of the match with 10 men, as Fabio was sent off on the half hour mark after he slipped and caught Kightly while trying to [.. Click to continue reading...

Danny Welbeck's calm and clinical finish ensured Manchester United's passage into Carling Cup fourth round. Click to continue reading...

The English Carling Cup continued on Wednesday with several of the Premier League clubs playing each other in crucial matches including Manchester City v Fulham, Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United v Wolverhampton. Here's a recap of these matches along with video highlights.

Chelsea edges Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Video Highlights

Chelsea rested several of their regular starters as they struggled in the first half to get a lead on Queens Park Rangers.

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"VIDEO: Welbeck's Winner vs Wolves" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

United have released a list of their Champions' League squad members, and importantly, Owen Hargreaves is a part of it. The 25-man squad also includes Kiko Macheda, Gabriel Obertan and Darron Gibson. However, Anderson has been relegated to the secondary list of additional 10 members which includes Welbeck and Evans.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has reiterated he will not be making any more new signings before September 1 to appease Manchester United supporters still smarting from the double loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.

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A return of just one goal from the two opening Premier League games – including the shock 1-0 defeat to newcomers Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday has reignited the argument that United are short of a genuine goal threat to provide the foil for Wayne Rooney.

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With United due to kick off not too long from now, the lovely folks at Nike got in touch with us to show a preview video featuring Rio, Welbeck, Gibson, Rooney and Evra.

Preview will follow soon. Stay tuned.

"The Manchester United Pledge" was originally published at Red Rants - Manchester United Blog. Click to continue reading...

United kick off their Premier League defence at home to Birmingham tomorrow with a squad not much different from that of last season. Obviously there were a couple of big name departures but the high profile replacements many expected never materialised and with the possible exception of Antonio Valencia, United will field a team of seasoned Reds when they kick off tomorrow.

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"If you don't put them in then you can't know what you've got...if they're good enough, they're old enough," was the message of Sir Matt Busby, a legacy which has continued through to present day. Whilst having experienced players in your squad is important, you should always make room for the development of youngsters.

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