Carrick Restores Kobbie Mainoo as Manchester United Move to Reopen Contract Talks

Overview

• Mainoo has started under Michael Carrick and played the full 90 minutes in back-to-back victories over Manchester City and Arsenal, setting up Matheus Cunha’s winner at the Emirates.
• Carrick told Sky Sports he values how Mainoo takes the ball under pressure and has already shown he can cope with big-game environments.
• Under Ruben Amorim this season, Mainoo logged just 12 appearances with a single start for 302 minutes before the managerial change initiated by INEOS.
• Roy Keane credited Mainoo’s impact in United’s upturn and noted earlier talk of the youngster needing to leave has faded.
• United now plan to reopen discussions over a new deal that raises Mainoo’s relatively low salary, with the midfielder under contract until 2027 plus a club option for an extra year after January interest from Napoli and others was rebuffed.