Forson and Kambwala’s latest ascent means the all-time tally of Academy gamers to seem in a aggressive first-team fixture now stands at 249. Naturally that raises the prospect of the magic 250 determine being reached this season and former Reds winger Ben Thornley, who was himself added to the record in 1994, believes it might occur within the present month.
“It is at all times a fantastic second if you see an Academy graduate making his first-team debut,” mentioned the MUTV pundit.
“Omari was concerned in pre-season as properly,. That will have given him a style to attempt to kick on within the Below-21s and make Erik ten Hag see that he’s worthy of a first-team squad place not less than.
“It is at all times nice to see Academy graduates and we would see the 250th, perhaps not in opposition to Spurs, however definitely in opposition to Eastleigh or Newport, which might be good. What a milestone.”
