Kobbie Mainoo isn't one for big outbursts of emotion, so much so that when he waved his arms to pump up the crowd while being substituted during Euro 2024, he got a bit of light teasing from his England teammates in the dressing room afterwards.

The general gist of the jokes was: "What's got into you?"

For many of the coaches who have worked with Mainoo over the course of his career, it's his calmness on and off that pitch that has set him apart. It tells you, then, that his decision to ask Manchester United for a loan move in the final days of the transfer window was not one taken lightly.

Mainoo and his representatives pushed to speak to Ruben Amorim and director of football Jason Wilcox because of concerns that a lack of playing time is stunting his development and risking his p

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