Who is Kobbie Mainoo’s dream midfield partner from the past?

Mainoo, who has been at United since a schoolboy, was only eight when the Reds wrapped up the final championship of Ferguson and Scholes’s time at the club, and has always respected the ability and sheer quality of somebody who plays in the same position as him.

“I’d say Paul Scholes,” he replied to the question from Rachael B. “Although there might not be a lot defending between the two of us,” he laughed. “But, yeah, Scholes. Scholes – definitely.

“[Because of] everything. His passing, his movement, the way he could finish. His intelligence. Yes, he was a great player.”