Where are they now? Man Utd’s U23 team from Paul Pogba’s last game

Paul Pogba first showed his mesmerising talent to the world when he made his debut for Juventus against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012. Since then, it has been a career jam-packed with trophy wins for the French star.

But just months before gracing Europe’s elite competition, Pogba was playing for Manchester United’s reserve team in an entertaining 6-3 victory against Newcastle United.

Pogba returned to Old Trafford as a club-record signing in 2016, but what became of his old team-mates from the youth set-up at United?

Unsurprisingly, not all have gone on to enjoy such illustrious careers in the game.

Johnstone failed to make a first-team appearance at Old Trafford and was shipped on loan to no fewer than seven teams – including Preston North End and Aston Villa – before he secured a permanent move to West Brom in 2018.

As first-choice goalkeeper for the Baggies in 2020-21, he was a standout performer in a struggling outfit.

Johnstone’s consistently impressive performances saw him earn a spot in Gareth Southgate’s 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020. He kept a clean sheet on his senior England debut in a pre-tournament friendly against Romania, making one outrageous save.

This Sam Johnstone save can be filed under: “How’s he done that?!”

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Belgian full-back Marnick Vermijl moved to United from Standard Liege ahead of the 2010-11 season.

There were high hopes Vermijl would break into the first-team fold as United only had Rafael de Silva on the books as a recognised right-back at the time.

However, at 22, Vermijl joined Dutch side NEC on loan. This was the start of the end of his prospects of being a United player as he joined Sheffield