Kobbie Mainoo was put in the drying loft by Ruben Amorim. In Michael Carrick’s first game as interim Man Utd manager, Mainoo was back in the starting eleven. Manchester City were sunk at Old Trafford, the 20-year-old stood the entire game. Thus, a continuous downward streak was interrupted for Mainoo. Not a single game from the start with Amorim on the sidelines, the City game marked the change. Now there is no doubt that Mainoo is once again part of the future at Old Trafford. Then it is extra fun that the player got his “secret debut” with Ole Gunnar’s Solskjaer.
Kobbie Mainoo made his debut for Manchester United under Erik ten Hag, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his potential. Mainoo is a player Michael Carrick already knew from Carrington, because Solskjaer saw his potential early on and gave him his first taste of senior team play.
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Mainoo first made his debut for the U18 team in 2020 and the U21 team in 2021, one month before Solskjaer was sacked. Nevertheless, there was still time for Solskjaer to watch Mainoo in a first-team environment.
In an interview with TNT, Mainoo revealed he was called in by Solskjaer.
“It was a friendly behind closed doors at Old Trafford, and I had just played a couple of days before. My U18 coach came to me and said, ‘The senior team needs a player. Is your body okay?’ I just said, ‘Yes!’ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the coach at the time. I just went in and got 20 minutes, and it was just crazy. That was my very first experience. I don’t know if I had even trained with the first team at that time. It was just crazy to see Cavani and players like him,” Mainoo reminisces.
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