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Manchester United Under-21s rocked up to Leigh Sports Village on Tuesday night with high profile academy names Shea Lacey, Chido Obi, Sekou Kone and Diego Leon missing from the squad. The question now is what happens to those players in the January transfer window.

Obi has not made a first-team squad this season, Lacey was on the bench for successive Premier League games against Everton and Crystal Palace, and Diego Leon and Sekou Kone are in between the U21s and senior side. The early expectation is Lacey and Obi will be kept in the building, but loan offers will be considered for Leon and Kone, who would benefit from playing senior football in the second half of the campaign.

There are other candidates for a loan who started against Anderlecht on Tuesday night in the Pre

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