Matteo Darmian has started six of Manchester United's last eight matches, on either the right or left side of the Reds' defence. Here, the Italy international discusses the evolving role of a full-back in the modern game and reveals the players he looked up to and learned from at AC Milan...
"When I was younger, I was actually a central midfielder. It was at the AC Milan academy that I changed position and they started playing me as a defender. At first it was as a central defender, and then when I went up to the first team the manager put me at right-back and from then on it was decided: I was a right-back!