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After assuring themselves of a third-place Premier League finish following their win over Nottingham Forest last week, Manchester United are expected to ring in the changes for their final league game of the season.<\/p>\n
Brighton and Hove Albion lie in wait next Sunday, and Michael Carrick is expected to turn to the academy for the last match of the season.<\/p>\n
Plans for more academy representation in the matchday squad for the clash against Forest were hindered due to the U21 play-off game against Brighton taking place the day before the final home game of the season.<\/p>\n
The head coach has been an ardent viewer of both Under-21 and Under-18 games this season, and it seems next Sunday\u2019s contest at the Amex Stadium will finally see Carrick turn to the club\u2019s famed academy<\/span>.<\/p>\n As revealed by The Daily Mail, the former United midfielder has two wonderkids in mind for handing their senior debuts: Jim Thwaites and Godwill Kukonki.<\/p>\n The duo had combined to score United\u2019s only goal in their heartbreaking loss to Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup final last week.<\/p>\n With the Red Devils on the hunt for a midfielder and versatile defender in the summer, both these starlets have the perfect chance to make a huge impression and possibly, changing INEOS\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old midfielder has been a class apart for both the U18s and U21s this season, impressing with his passing range and his mastery over the dead ball.<\/p>\n He has five goals and eight assists this season, including the brilliant Youth Cup final assist. Carrick had picked him on the bench for the Premier League clash against Chelsea.<\/p>\n As for the defender, he has been a regular part of first team training under both Ruben Amorim and Carrick.<\/p>\n Capable of playing both as a centre-back and left-back, the 18-year-old\u2019s impressive physical attributes make him perfectly suited for first team football.<\/p>\n Fans would also like to see Shea Lacey in action after a brilliant academy season, but Carrick will also want to sign off with a win and might avoid too many changes to the starting XI.<\/p>\n Feature image James Fearn via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 After assuring themselves of a third-place Premier League finish following their win over Nottingham…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Carrick considering handing a couple of debuts on Sunday<\/h5>\n
Why Thwaites and Kukonki are perfect for United<\/h5>\n