Manchester United agree deal with FC Lausanne as ex-Academy ace makes international debut

Welcome to this week's edition of the Manchester United academy notebook.

The Manchester Evening News provide more coverage of United's academy than any other outlet and we experimented by publishing an academy notebook last season. We waited for the academy football to get fully underway in 2024/25 to bring it back, and we will bring our readers the notebook each week now it's been relaunched.

It's obviously the international break and some youngsters have represented their nation's youth teams, while others have been given some time off and have continued to train at Carrington. So without further ado, here is a round-up of the latest news from the club's youth set-up...

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Oyedele makes his Poland debut

Maxi Oyedele completed a permanent transfer to Legia Warsaw in the summer and United allowed him to leave for a small initial fee, which included a substantial future sell-on clause.

Oyedele travelled on the pre-season tour of the United States and featured in each friendly against Arsenal, Real Betis and Liverpool from the substitute bench, but decided he needed to leave United to break into the professional game and that is paying off.

The midfielder has made a strong start to his time with Legia Warsaw, who are sixth in the Polish top-flight, and was rewarded with a first call-up to Poland's senior national side.

Salford-born Oyedele was shaped at Carrington as a boy but qualifies to represent Poland and made his international debut against Portugal in the UEFA Nations League on Saturday.

Oyedele sometimes went under the radar during his time in the academy, but his ability