Man Utd have decided to withdraw from two academy competitions this season and will carry a smaller squad than usual.
Isaac Konde
United have been keeping tabs of young Liverpool forward Isaac Konde
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Manchester United will continue to recruit players for their academy teams, despite withdrawing from two competitions to reduce the games programme next season.
United have pulled out of the EFL Trophy and the National League Cup next term, with the aim of carrying a smaller squad in their Under-21 group.
Having secured a return to the Champions League next season, United will enter the UEFA Youth League and they will continue to compete in the Premier League International Cup, so they have pulled out of two domestic competitions.
Academy sources said the aim was to give greater focus to individual development for their best young players, as well as to open up opportunities for some of them to step up to first-team training.
But despite plans to have a smaller squad next season, United will still recruit this summer, eyeing some of the best young talent in the country. Instead, they will take a more judicious, selective approach to signing young players.
They were one of a number of clubs interested in Leicester City's in-demand 16-year-old Jeremy Monga, and are also eyeing up Liverpool duo Vincent Joseph and Isaac Konde.
United want to make sure they have a tight group of players they can develop and improve, rather than carrying a larger squad at the age-group level simply to fulfil a busy games programme.