Ten Hag wouldn't trust Antony, young €670k star who could take his place, surprises

The youth teams in football are of utmost importance, as millions of young players dream of playing for their favourite teams and succeeding with that shirt; although the big teams in Europe do not bet much on their youth players and prefer to bring in big reinforcements, it is true that Manchester United likes to take risks and use their young players. 

United work very closely with the youth system, they like to polish the promising players so that they can make the leap to the first team; one of the most recent cases of success of the Red Devil's is Marcus Rashford, a player who has been consolidating himself little by little with the club and who has just had one of his best seasons as a footballer. 

While he is just one of many players United have in their ranks, this would not be possible if it were not for the club's youth management who, because of their innovation and new ways of developing the skills of the youth academy, United are now able to draw on these players for the future and not rely so heavily on big-name reinforcements coming into the club. 

For that reason, Manchester United has decided to renew a player from the youth academy, for whom they put all their confidence, as they think he could be one of the great jewels for the club in the coming years; his name is Mateo Mejia, just 20 years old, who will remain linked to United for several more years and that in the not-too-distant future we could be seeing him with the first team.

Who is Mateo Mejia?

He is a 20-year-old Colombian striker, who plays for Manchester United, he started his career with Zaragoza and that is where United saw him and bought him for a figure of 670 thousand euros approximately; his great height (1.88 m) makes him an area striker, who stands out for his aerial game, for his power, speed and one on one duels; there is no doubt that United has great expectations placed on Mejia and that is why they renewed him.