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I played with Manchester United star Kobbie Mainoo - he reminds me of Yaya Toure
28.02.2024 - 15:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Tom Huddlestone did not need to take a second glimpse at Kobbie Mainoo to know he would make it on the big stage.
His first training session with the Manchester United starlet even convinced the hybrid Academy coach that he had similar attributes to Manchester City hero Yaya Toure. Toure needs no introduction in terms of his standing in Premier League history.
Mainoo, though, is rapidly making a name for himself as United's great revival hope. Delayed by injury, the teenage midfielder made his Premier League debut this season - wowing everyone with his performance against Everton - and has promptly become a key part of the United squad.
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Mainoo, 18, is now on the verge of playing his first ever Manchester derby. There will be no sterner test for his development than going up against Pep Guardiola's star-studded side and, in particular, competing with Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne and the others in midfield.
However, according to Huddlestone, there are few remaining superlatives to describe the Stockport-born sensation. "On my first day at Carrington, I came up and had a look at the lads in training," said Huddlestone in a wide-ranging interview with Sport Bible.
"I was speaking to a friend on the way back home and said [to them]: 'There are two lads who stood out during that session and one of them is a player called Kobbie Mainoo. He looks like a younger version of Yaya Toure.'"
The other player who impressed Huddlestone, for the record, was recent full Premier League debutant Omari Forson. The former Tottenham, Hull City and Wolves playmaker - who works with the Academy as a player-coach after he was appointed
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