{"id":251116,"date":"2025-11-08T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251116\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:17:14","slug":"james-overy-could-join-three-man-utd-players-who-played-international-football-before-red-devils-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251116\/","title":{"rendered":"James Overy could join three Man Utd players who played international football before Red Devils debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>James Overy could become the latest prospect to make a senior appearance on the international stage before debuting for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The past month has been an incredible experience for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manchester-united-academy-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United Academy<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/james-overy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Overy<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Not only is the 18-year-old impressing at youth level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/ruben-amorim-has-taken-a-real-liking-to-man-utd-youngster-who-has-one-hell-of-a-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Overy has been called up to train with the first team<\/a>. This gives him a chance to impress Ruben Amorim up close. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-academy-star-james-overy-earns-first-senior-call-up-to-australia-national-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Overy has now received his first senior international call-up<\/a>, after earning a place in the latest Australia squad, named by manager Tony Popovic.<\/p>\n<p>The United youngster will get a chance to debut for Australia when they take on Venezuela and Colombia later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are three examples of United players who made their debut on the senior international stage before appearing for the Red Devils. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243220357-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"James Scanlon playing against Tottenham Hotspur U21\" class=\"wp-image-307997\" \/>Photo by Poppy Townson \u2013 MUFC\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesFacundo Pellistri<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/facundo-pellistri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facundo Pellistri<\/a> made his first full international debut.<\/p>\n<p>The former United forward started in a World Cup qualifier, with Uruguay winning 1-0 against Paraguay. <\/p>\n<p>Pellistri became a mainstay in the Uruguay squad after his debut, despite often being overlooked at United.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old currently plays for Greek side Panathinaikos, after making a total of 25 appearances for United and registering two assists. <\/p>\n<p>James Scanlon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/james-scanlon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Scanlon<\/a> has yet to make his senior debut at United, but the winger has made 18 appearances for Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old made his Gibraltar debut in a UEFA Nations League tie against Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>Scanlon was 17 at the time, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. He is the youngest United player to make a senior international debut since Norman Whiteside played for Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>      Who is your dream Manchester United signing in 2026?    Diego Leon<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/man-utd-confirm-second-summer-signing-hes-already-made-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diego Leon arrived at United<\/a> in the summer, the Paraguayan left wing-back had never been called up to the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>That changed in October when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-youngster-diego-leon-makes-senior-paraguay-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leon made his debut for Paraguay<\/a> in a 2-0 defeat against South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>United were pleased with Leon\u2019s call-up at the time because the experience will help aid his development as a senior professional. <\/p>\n<p>Leon is currently playing for United\u2019s U21s and waiting to make his first appearance under Amorim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Overy could become the latest prospect to make a senior appearance on the international stage before debuting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,104661,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-251116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-james-overy","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}