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Man Utd star was ahead of Mainoo, then Ten Hag sold him for just £850k

March 23, 2025 8 Min Read
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  • The most recent on Kobbie Mainoo’s Man Utd future
  • The Man Utd star who was forward of Mainoo
        • Chelsea additionally enquire over “monster” rival star alongside Mainoo curiosity

Ayden Heaven and Chido Obi are the newest teenage stars to emerge at Manchester United, with every supervisor, and every season, seemingly outlined by the rise of younger abilities in recent times.

For the Crimson Devils and Erik ten Hag final trip, the discuss of the city was academy sensation Kobbie Mainoo, with the Stockport native having fun with a outstanding six months or so following on from his first Premier League begin towards Everton in November 2023.

From that Man of the Match show, the one approach was up for the midfield maestro, with the marketing campaign reaching its climax within the FA Cup last, a recreation through which each Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho obtained on the scoresheet.

These membership heroics had been adopted by standout moments on the worldwide stage, with {the teenager} beginning each knockout recreation in England’s surge to the Euro 2024 showpiece.

Quick ahead lower than a yr, nevertheless, and the 19-year-old has turn out to be nearly one thing of a forgotten man at Previous Trafford amid what has been an injury-hit season, with doubts rising round his function in Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 set-up.

Soccer does certainly transfer shortly, and whereas Mainoo has not loved the marketing campaign that was hoped, it will be unwise to write down him off already. As teammate Rasmus Hojlund said, this can be a “generational” expertise, keep in mind.

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The most recent on Kobbie Mainoo’s Man Utd future

Each followers and pundits alike are fast to maneuver onto the shiny new toy, with Heaven and Obi now among the many key speaking factors for the Crimson Devils, whereas Mainoo continues his bid to return to full health within the background.

Mainoo’s PL season in numbers

Stat (*per recreation)

File

Video games (begins)

18 (12)

Objectives

0

Assists

0

Huge possibilities created

4

Key passes*

0.7

Go accuracy*

87%

Tackles*

2.1

Interceptions*

0.9

Balls recovered*

4.0

Complete duels received*

46%

Stats through Sofascore

Even previous to his newest damage, which was sustained again in February, the native hero had endured a blended time of issues beneath the Amorim regime, with the Portuguese stating that the younger diamond had been “struggling rather a lot” defensively as a part of the midfield two.

These woes had come amid claims in January that Chelsea had been probably eager on making a shock swoop for his companies, with studies suggesting that United and the participant had stalled on contract talks.

That has been adopted by additional claims of late that Mainoo – who nonetheless has two years left on his present deal – could even look to maneuver overseas this summer season, having reportedly demanded a £180k-per-week wage to remain put in Manchester.

Fortunately, more moderen studies have indicated that negotiations over a bumper new deal have been ‘optimistic’, with INEOS chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe just lately quashing ideas that both Mainoo or Garnacho can be offered to lift income.

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Sure, the Englishman has endured a tough season, but having shone in a complicated quantity ten berth previous to his damage setback – after notably scoring and helping away at FCSB – there does seem like a approach again into the facet transferring ahead.

Hopefully, the playmaker continues to be firstly of his United journey. For one among his former colleagues, nevertheless, that journey proved comparatively short-lived.

The Man Utd star who was forward of Mainoo

Like Garnacho – who scored twice within the last towards Nottingham Forest – Mainoo was a central a part of the U18 facet that claimed FA Youth Cup glory in Could 2022, having began in that showpiece triumph on the age of simply 16 on the base of the midfield.

Whereas the latter man did go on to make three appearances within the following season for the primary crew, it wasn’t till the summer season tour of 2023 that he correctly established himself as a senior star, having began towards the likes of Arsenal and Actual Madrid, earlier than being cruelly struck down by damage.

A yr earlier, nevertheless, one other promising starlet had endured a breakout pre-season of his personal, with fellow midfielder Zidane Iqbal wanting set to be Ten Hag’s first academy success story, amid his shows in the summertime of 2022.

Certainly, the Manchester-born, Iraq worldwide had seemed “so spectacular” up towards the likes of Liverpool on that tour, as per BBC Sport’s Simon Stone, with Ten Hag believed to have been left stunned that the teenager hadn’t performed for the senior facet extra recurrently.

Previous to that, Iqbal had solely made one look in December 2021 beneath Ralf Rangnick, with each he and Charlie Savage amongst these to function in a dead-rubber Champions League tussle with Younger Boys.

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That tally seemed nearly sure to be bolstered following Iqbal’s shows forward of the 2022/23 marketing campaign, with journalist Melissa Reddy additionally highlighting his pre-season affect, after stating that he has “heaps of technical high quality, talent and intelligence”.

Frustratingly for the then-teenager – who was even likened to Ten Hag favorite, Frenkie de Jong, by expertise scout Jacek Kulig – he was restricted to a peripheral function that season, having did not even make it off the bench beneath the Dutchman.

As MEN’s Samuel Luckhurst said on the time, the 5 foot 11 ace was then in the end ‘usurped’ by Mainoo in Ten Hag’s midfield pecking order, with the then-United boss taking the choice to promote Iqbal for a reported charge of simply £850k in the summertime of 2023.

Since becoming a member of Eredivisie facet Utrecht, the 21-year-old has performed simply 38 occasions amid what was an injury-hit debut marketing campaign, albeit whereas scoring as soon as in 16 league outings in 2024/25 so far.

With United together with a buy-back clause as a part of the deal amid his transfer to the Netherlands, it isn’t out of the query that Iqbal at some point finally ends up again at Previous Trafford, even when he’s hardly ripping it up at current in his new residence.

More than likely, nevertheless, it seems to be like his United chapter has come and gone, with it maybe onerous to argue with the choice to in the end plump for Mainoo as a substitute.

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