Manchester United academy products played most minutes in 2016/17 Premier League season according to : Sky Sports

Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford played 3,068 Premier League minutes between them last termManchester United academy products played more than twice as many Premier League minutes than any other side in last season's Premier League, according to a Press Association sport study. Footballers graduating from United's academy played total of 44,055 minutes during the 2016/17 Premier League season. players coming through soccer/">Tottenham's youth setup were second, racking up a total of 21,668 Premier League minutes. Spurs graduates Charlie Daniels and Adam Smith each played over 3,000 minutes for Bournemouth, and Andros Townsend played 2,528 minutes for Crystal Palace. At the other end of the scale, relegated Hull produced the fewest minutes of any Premier League team - just 501, shared between their own players Josh Tymon (325) and Jarrod Bowen (176).




Manchester United's academy made the single biggest contribution to last season's Premier League of any youth set-up, a Press Association Sport study has found. Their graduates racked up more than twice as many top-flight minutes played as the next best academy. Players who finished their youth careers in the United academy were on the field for a total of 44,055 minutes in the study. The study, using publicly available data, shows that the United academy is still the number one producer of top-flight talent in England. Kelechi Iheanacho (526 minutes) was the only City youth product to feature in their first team in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola all season.

Report: Sheffield United best outside Premier League in producing top flight talent

Sheffield United's homegrown players have made a bigger contribution to the Premier League than any other club outside the top flight, and their success is no surprise to former academy boss Ron Reid. "A good model or programme is only as good as the coaches and Sheffield United were very fortunate to have such talented staff," he said. "Obviously the proudest moments are when you're watching England play (against Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier in 2013) and two of the back four (Walker and Jagielka) are from Sheffield United's academy. "We worked on the 'Balyi model' of long-term development, a programme which was age-related and we worked solidly at it. Reid, 70, joined the Blades' youth set-up in 2000 and by the time he left his position as academy director in 2009, 42 of his graduates had gone on to appear in either the Premier League or Football League.


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