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Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince has warned followers to not get fooled by teen Kobi Manu.
Since making his full debut for Everton on the finish of November, the 18-year-old has been a revelation this season.
The Englishman has performed 23 occasions for the primary group to date this season and has established himself as one of many first names on the group sheet.
Manu as soon as once more underlined his high quality with a thunderous strike on the Stretford Finish to provide United the lead in a recreation they’d in the end draw.
Most gamers by no means rating such a aim for his or her boyhood group in opposition to their bitterest rivals. On the age of 18, he has set his sights on that particular aim.
His spectacular progress has seen him known as as much as the England squad twice lately and there’s a sturdy chance that he might be part of the Euro 2024 squad.
His wonderful type has led former United legends to match the participant to 2 of the best midfielders of recent occasions. Rio Ferdinand has beforehand mentioned that Manu provides him “(Clarence) Seedorf vibes” and Nemanja Vidić has commented that he reminds him a little bit of Luka Modrić.
Nonetheless, former midfielder, Paul Ince has advised that the laudatory opinions are stored in examine in the case of the Stockport native.
Talking to talkSPORT about how a lot expertise Manu has, he surprisingly commented, “He's superb. He’s alright. Allow us to not be misled”.
“That's the issue… there was a time after they gave the ball away, and to be trustworthy, Fernandes ran again 60 yards, blocked a shot, and Onana pushed it previous the submit,” the previous midfield normal mentioned. Nobody mentioned a phrase to Kobi Mainu.
“If it was me or Keane, he would have been completely roasted as a result of you possibly can't give the ball in these conditions. And he did it”.
“Sure, he scored an amazing aim, sure, he's nonetheless younger, sure, he has the potential to be a really, excellent participant, however let's not go to the highest… As I mentioned, he… proper now can also be younger”.
It's extremely unusual to explain Manu as an “OK” participant when everybody has seen his composed, mature play for an 18-year-old in lower than preferrred situations.
Nonetheless, there may be logic to this concept that the participant is just not excellent and must work on numerous components of his recreation, particularly defensively.
Thankfully, he comes throughout as a really mature, energetic younger man, and this was evident in his post-match interview the place he selected to deal with dropping factors somewhat than his surprise strikes in opposition to the Merseysiders.
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