Heard the one about the Manchester United youth team that produced Premier League La Liga titles, European Championship and World Cup winners?
Even the Class of '92 could not produce international winners. Gerard Pique was 17 and had already made his senior debut at Crewe by the time of his one and only FA Youth Cup appearance on a Friday night in December 2004.
Twelve days earlier, he came on in the Şükrü Saracoğlu bear pit against Fenerbahce for his Champions League bow in United's final group game.
Among his teammates in the United youth against Stoke City at Altrincham were Jonny Evans, Ryan Shawcross, Darron Gibson, Fraizer Campbell, Giuseppe Rossi, and Danny Simpson.
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