How Man United's academy is navigating the unprecedented COVID-19 shutdown

As the scale of the coronavirus crisis became apparent, the first thought for the staff at Manchester United's academy had nothing to do with football. "The first thing we had to think about was getting the boys home," head of academy Nick Cox tells ESPN. "We have a core of foreign-based players and we had to make a very quick decision to try and get them home to their families. Our staff plotted all sorts of routes to get boys home. Flights were being cancelled and borders were being closed and...

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