However, on the back of a season where he has scored 30 goals and been named the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, it is time to revisit the argument over his best position and certainly acknowledge the progress he made over the course of the campaign.
There were questions concerning how Erik ten Hag might utilise the England international at the start of his tenure, whether he would make the Three Lions' World Cup squad and if he could rediscover his best form. In fact, he would produce the form of his life, in the purple patch following the resumption of domestic football, and would not only win the fans' vote for our top performer but also, perhaps just as telling, the Players' Player of the Year prize from his team-mates.