There are three Manchester-born prospects in the intake - defender Teden Mengi, who made a couple of appearances for Kieran McKenna's side in 2017/18, plus midfielders Harvey Neville, son of ex-Red Phil, and Max Haygarth. Mark Helm is from Warrington - the birthplace of England star Jesse Lingard.

Two of the group are from overseas - goalkeeper Ondrej Mastny from the Czech Republic and wide midfielder Anthony Elanga, who hails from Sweden.