I watched Brandon Williams look like Manchester United’s future left back of choice in a 2-0 win at Burnley, five years ago.
Spatial awareness, box-to-box running, pointing out to Anthony Martial precisely where he wanted the ball played through to — he had so much.
Reading back my report, including Williams’ man-of-the-match rating, I see someone had told me that the then 19-year-old needed reining in.
‘The word from inside Carrington is that his occasional disposition to lose his head on the training pitch needs to be managed,’ I wrote.