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Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Manchester United’s younger sensation, Kobbie Mainoo, has the expertise to play proper throughout the midfield.
The Stockport-born participant has taken the Premier League by storm with a sequence of splendidly mature performances.
A variety of pundits have been impressed by Mainoo’s shows however presumably his largest fan is Rio Ferdinand.
After the academy product scored an incredible solo objective to seize all three factors within the dying embers in opposition to Wolves a few weeks in the past, Ferdinand informed TNT Sports activities that he had “Seedorf vibes” watching the teenager.
And talking on his VIBE with FIVE YouTube channel yesterday, the previous United defender as soon as extra spoke in effusive phrases about United’s quantity 37.
Referencing his go to to Carrington final week, he claimed that he had the chance to go on some recommendation to Mainoo.
“I see him at coaching floor the opposite day and I mentioned, simply hold that starvation, the starvation that you just walked into this season with, that’s the starvation you want the entire of your profession, you don’t must step off. Preserve the identical starvation”.
Ferdinand had extra type phrases for Mainoo’s mentality when he asserted, “the child’s obtained a steeliness to him. He doesn’t seem like somebody who’s going to get too excessive and too low, he’s balanced”.
The Champions League winner additionally took the chance so as to add some perception to the place he sees the participant ending up position-wise sooner or later.
Owing to the participant’s immense expertise and potential, Ferdinand believes he has the skillset to play throughout the entire midfield.
“He’s adequate to play six or eight or 10. You noticed his footwork for the second objective. He’s adequate to play there. Their rotations in play generally he stands within the quantity 10 place then he shifts again into an eight. That’s the freedom he has in that system”.
Mainoo’s performances haven’t gone unnoticed exterior of Manchester both, as each England and Ghana are vying for his dedication to characterize their respective nations.
For his half, he reportedly doesn’t wish to decide on his worldwide future till later within the yr, most certainly after the Euros.
