top Premier League team On December 1, three members of Manchester United’s first team—goalkeeper David De Gea, winger Anthony Elanga, and midfielder Donny van de Beek—will travel to India to launch the third iteration of the team’s grassroots programme. Apollo Tyres created the programme “United We Play” to help Indian youth soccer players. Any football player from the current Manchester United first team will be making their first trip to India. They will be in Goa to launch the show’s third season’s activities.
The second season of ‘United We Play’ concluded earlier this year, wherein more than 5000 budding footballers from across the country took part, according to a press release. Four short-listed players were chosen at the grand finals in Chennai for the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Old Trafford to take part in activities like a match-day experience and a training session with Manchester United Soccer School coaches. During a meet and greet with club legends, winners also get the chance to quiz some of United’s greatest players.