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Revealed: How close Man United really came to signing 'genius' French wonderkid Rayan Cherki when he was 15 - and the signs that suggest he will leave Lyon this summer with United and Liverpool in pursuit

Corentin Tolisso is sat in the press room at Old Trafford on Wednesday night scrolling through his phone and smiling.

He’s waiting for Lyon’s press conference to start as hushed conversations in the room focus on the surprise in England at the level of 21-year-old superstar Rayan Cherki.

It was Cherki’s last-minute goal, helped in no small part by an error from Andre Onana, that has set up tonight’s Europa League quarter-final perfectly at 2-2.

‘If they discovered Rayan last week, it's because they haven't watched much football in recent months,’ Tolisso laughed.