Minimum wage?? Deary me a schoolboy error, I’ll put that down to you being a little rattled buddy. I am aware that the maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961. Sadly the bulk of that squad were not schoolboys at the Hotspurs and were purchased ( there was no such restriction on transfer fees), therefore the double was bought.
Denis Law was the first £100,000 player when Torino bought him from the bitters. Indeed the bitters paid Huddersfield a record fee of for him also.
I note the Hotspurs paid £99,999 for Jimmy Greaves in 1961, an astronomical fee at the time. They also were the first club to pay £200,000 for a player, Martin Peters in 1970.
It should also be noted that Manchester United have had a graduate from their youth system in every single match day squad since October 30, 1937. From the Busby Bates to Fergie’s Fledglings to Giggsy’s Goslings United have always nurtured their youth players.