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The second-most popular player at Manchester United has played eight minutes for the first-team. Cristiano Ronaldo is the most requested interviewee by media personnel and the second is a Manchester-born teenager who only signed his first professional contract last year.
Such is the interest in Zidane Iqbal that United have already received innumerable requests from those in the football-centric Middle East. Amid the glut of emails and calls, the club decided to conduct an in-house interview with the player on the eve of his first call-up to the Iraq national squad.
Already regarded as a trailblazer within the Asian communityin professional football, on Thursday Iqbal came on for Iraq against Iran to become the 32nd current United player to play for their country. He almost didn't make the bench.
Snow disrupted Iqbal's journey to Tehran and flights were cancelled. A flight was hastily arranged via Dubai and a source who knows the player said his involvement was 'touch and go'. But Iqbal emerged in the 82nd minute of a 1-0 defeat to Iran in Tehran.
Iqbal was one of seven substitutes in the World Cup qualifier in the Azari Stadium and his only other competitive appearance was against Young Boys was in a Champions League group stage dead-rubber. Had anyone Googled 'Iraq Iran' hoping for an instant score update the results would have instead consisted of the Wikipedia entries for the 'Iraq-Iran War' and 'Iraq-Iran relations'.
The Azari Stadium was a world away from the sparse stands of Leigh Sports Village. "Delighted to have made my international debut despite the result," Iqbal wrote on his Instagram page.
The 18-year-old known as 'Zee' to friends is described as humble, intelligent and engaged for someone at an age where
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