Manchester United are still open to selling Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho, 20, and England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, 19, in the summer. (Guardian) Brazil forward Matheus Cunha, 25 ...

Eyebrows were certainly raised when Kobbie Mainoo, 19, got the nod to lead the line for United as Crystal Palace visited Old Trafford. Especially when the Portuguese manager named not one but two ...

Stream on ESPN+ (U.S. only). Unsurprisingly, the Mainoo experiment failed to pay off. The England midfielder has no attacking instinct or awareness, and he looked like a square peg in a round hole.

Alejandro Garnacho or Amad Diallo would start up top but as the game kicked-off it was Mainoo who was playing as the No.9. The unusual tactic started off really well as the England midfielder ...

Amorim started the midfielder as a false-nine on SundayCredit: Getty Mainoo was deployed as the Red Devils' centre forward in a false-nine role for Amorim's side. Meanwhile, strikers Rasmus ...

Many eyebrows were raised when the Manchester United starting XI was announced for Sunday's clash with Crystal Palace with Kobbie Mainoo apparently being played up top. There was confusion as the ...

Ruben Amorim insists his decision to play Kobbie Mainoo up front was not a message to his Manchester United teammates Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee after their goalscoring woes Kilauea volcano ...

Mainoo made a seamless transition into first-team football during his breakout season in 2023/24, becoming a fixture for both United and England. He went on to start four games for the national ...

Mainoo celebrates after scoring in Bucharest Credit: Getty Images/Vasile Mihai-Antonio At just 19, you can see why this has been a bumpy period of development for a player who bolted into England ...