{"id":331500,"date":"2025-12-23T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331500\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:28:13","slug":"jack-fletcher-sends-message-after-making-man-utd-debut-morgan-rogers-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331500\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Fletcher sends message after making Man Utd debut, Morgan Rogers responds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jack Fletcher became the 255th Manchester United academy graduate on Sunday evening when he was a 73rd-minute substitute at Villa Park.<\/p>\n<p>After Ruben Amorim\u2019s week leading up to this game had comprised mainly criticisms over his lack of academy usage, the Portuguese head coach made a point against Aston Villa, debuting two talents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/jack-fletcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Fletcher<\/a> was first, becoming 255 in the record books for the club, closely followed by Shea Lacey, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/every-single-manchester-united-academy-graduate-as-ethan-wheatley-becomes-250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United\u2019s 256th academy graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>          HAS Ruben Amorim proved concerns over his academy usage wrong after debuting Jack Fletcher and Shea Lacey?\ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">These were his fourth and fifth academy debutants in 13 months\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UIF-38-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317864\" \/>Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>It was a tough debut for anyone, let alone two youngsters, but they both held their own, looking like they belonged in the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-fans-have-lot-to-say-about-jack-fletcher-after-debut-in-2-1-defeat-against-aston-villa-done-way-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fletcher impressed United fans<\/a>, and now that the dust has settled from the match, he has sent a message reacting to his debut.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252430164-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Fletcher of Manchester United in action.\" class=\"wp-image-318120\" \/>Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesJack Fletcher sends message after Manchester United debut<\/p>\n<p>Jack Fletcher\u2019s dad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/darren-fletcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Fletcher<\/a>, is a five-time Premier League champion and currently manages the U18s, while his twin brother is a regular for the U21s.<\/p>\n<p>After following in his dad\u2019s footsteps, which was no doubt a monumental day for his whole family, the 18-year-old has taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSkutwRjSar\/?igsh=NDdrcG9ycnFsZDFz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> with a message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud to have made my Premier League debut for @manutd. A disappointing result, but a memory that will stay with me and my family forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> WHO is Manchester United\u2019s best ever academy graduate?\ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2934629-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United celebrate winning league.\" class=\"wp-image-229126\" \/>Photo by John Peters\/Manchester United via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Among the responses, interestingly, was the man who was world-class on Sunday to single-handedly help Villa beat United, Morgan Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers wrote, \u201cProud of you\u201d, with a heart emoji. <\/p>\n<p>The pair would have been a couple of years apart in the Manchester City academy, but they clearly have a good relationship.<\/p>\n<p>This adds fuel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/what-morgan-rogers-just-said-about-man-united-should-put-ineos-on-high-alert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers\u2019 compliments about United<\/a> after the game, as fans wonder if he\u2019s a future Red Devil.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha and Harry Maguire also send messages to Fletcher<\/p>\n<p>Rogers wasn\u2019t the only responder to this message from Fletcher, with many of the teenagers\u2019 teammates from across multiple levels.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha commented with a flaming heart and a finger pointing emoji.Harry Maguire added, \u201cWell deserved mate\u201d with a heart.Shea Lacey wrote, \u201cDeserve it brother\u201d, with a heart.Gabriele Biancheri commented, \u201cTop Fletch\u201d, with two clapping emojis.Joshua Zirkzee commented, \u201cJack\u201d, with a thumbs up and fist emoji.Diogo Dalot added some applause emojis.Jaydan Kamason wrote, \u201cproud\u201d, with a heart.Tyler Fredricson said, \u201cCongrats brother\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Countless more academy players commented emojis with lots of hearts, showing the love within the academy ranks for their peers.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing their academy teammates like Fletcher\u2019s debut will inspire the rest of the youth to work even harder, showing that it is attainable.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim has done himself a lot of favours by giving these minutes out, and every academy player will now be desperate to prove they deserve to be next.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>       <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Fletcher became the 255th Manchester United academy graduate on Sunday evening when he was a 73rd-minute substitute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,3215,2605,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-331500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jack-fletcher","10":"tag-morgan-rogers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331500","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=331500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}