In an exclusive interview with News & Star Sport, Ferguson revealed how impressed he has been with Blues boss Greg Abbott which has led to his willingness to send some of his future stars to the League One club.
Highly-rated left-back Joe Dudgeon is the latest Old Trafford kid to arrive at Carlisle on loan after being packed off by Ferguson to gain first-team experience.
The 20-year-old, who made his senior football debut in last Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home to Oldham Athletic, has followed in the footsteps of James Chester, who spent three months on loan at Carlisle before signing for Hull City last month in a £300,000 deal.
Corry Evans and Oliver Norwood are two other promising Manchester United youngsters who have been on loan at Carlisle.
The Manchester United supremo’s delight at how his young players have flourished during loan spells at Carlisle raises the tantalising prospect of more Fergie fledglings landing at Brunton Park.
Ferguson told News & Star Sport: “Greg is doing a really good job up there, and he is a young, positive manager. Carlisle look after our players very well and are a well organised club. They always keep us updated on how our players are progressing.
“We send our players out on loan to give them more playing time and Greg has done a great job with the players he has had from us.”
Ferguson is keen for his young players to get senior football experience with lower-league clubs like Carlisle rather than play reserve team football, and he has fostered a close working relationship with Abbott.
Abbott revealed last week that he had spent 20 minutes on the phone to his Manchester United counterpart while arranging Dudgeon’s loan move to Carlisle.
The Blues boss said: “The manager rang me personally to talk about him and he holds Joe in the highest regard.
“It is one of the pleasures of the job getting to speak to Sir Alex. He told us to keep things going and said if he could ever be of help he would try to help us. He likes the way we’ve done things.
“It was great that he took the time to ring as he has enough things to concentrate on. They are fighting for four trophies and the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy isn’t one of them!”
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