Forget Paul Pogba, another technically-gifted product of the youth set-up is back at Manchester United after winning the title at Juventus.
Two years after the France international returned to the north-west, Katie Zelem followed suit by swapping Serie A for the Women's Championship and a return to her roots.
Up until five years ago the Oldham-born midfielder was part of United's Centre of Excellence, but talk of a senior women's team at that time failed to come to fruition and left the pathway blocked.
Zelem headed to Liverpool and won the Women's Super League, before making the move to Italy last season as newly-formed Juventus won the title.
The 22-year-old loved life in Serie A but was keeping a close eye on developments at home after United announced plans to create a team that she jumped at the chance to join.
"It's been extraordinary, to be honest," Zelem told Press Association Sport.
"At Juventus, that's a huge club too and when I went over there they gave everything to the women's side and then I thought, to be honest, not much can top that.
"But Man United have proved me wrong, they've given us everything and we've trained at Carrington.
"We've got all the staff, we've got all the facilities, we're playing in Leigh, we couldn't ask for much more, to be honest."
"I think the 12-0 hasn't helped really but being Manchester United anyway everyone wants to beat you.
"Especially with us coming into the second division, I think that there's a lot of press and coverage around that.
"But we can't control that so we just play how we do and hopefully the run can continue."
Zelem is loving life back at United and working under Stoney, who has United playing incisive, attacking football that Jose Mourinho might want to take a look at.
The seamless way the team have bonded has undoubtedly helped, with the 22-year-old admitting it would be a bit of a shock if United did not go up given the players at their disposal.
Expectation of success comes with wearing the United badge, but Zelem wants more than silverware given she can be an inspiration to young girls in the area.
"I've been there and there's not been this when I was younger," Zelem added.
"So, for me to just say hello and sign a programme means a lot to them, more than you can imagine.
"Hopefully that inspires them to be like us one day."