Kobbie Mainoo has only just graduated to the senior dressing room at Carrington despite playing for Manchester United's first-team for months.

Article continues below

Article continues below

Article continues below

• Mainoo been a regular at United for months
• Only recently moved to first-team dressing room
• 'Pecking order' at Carrington delayed move

• Getty
  

  Table of Contents

  Toggle

  WHAT HAPPENED?

  United academy product Mainoo, 18, has been one of the standouts in a difficult season for the club – who sit sixth in the Premier League, 11 points off fourth-placed Aston Villa. But despite his rising star status, one thing may have kept the youngster grounded.

Advertisement

• Getty
  

  THE EXPLANATION

  According to the Daily Mail, Mainoo has continued to shower and change with the club's under-21 side despite making 18 appearances for Erik ten Hag's men this season. The report says there is a 'pecking order' at Carrington and once Donny van de Beek and Facundo Pellistri headed out on loan in January, the teenager was invited in.

• Getty Images
  

  DID YOU KNOW?

  Team-mate Alejandro Garnacho has reportedly been in the first-team dressing room for approximately a year and also had to wait his turn after making his United debut in the 2021/22 campaign. Omari Forson and Habeeb Ogunneye, who have been on the bench in recent games, still change with the under-21s and under-18s respectively.

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

• WHAT NEXT?

  Midfielder Mainoo, who has become a regular under Ten Hag since November, and his fellow young team-mates at United will return to action when they host struggling Everton in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.

Tags: Futebol
Category: News