Brandon Williams has “come from nowhere” to star for Manchester United, says Wes Brown, with the 19-year-old full-back arguably making a bigger impact in 2019-20 than Mason Greenwood.
The Red Devils were expecting one product of their famed academy system to make a positive impression on a senior stage this season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has, however, unlocked potential in multiple home-grown stars in what has been another campaign in which United have looked to rebuild with youth at the heart of that project.
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Williams has stepped up to become a key part of those plans, with Brown among those to have hailed the teenager’s meteoric rise to prominence.