The 22-year-old has been integrated into the first team over the past three weeks and has shown signs that he can add what United has been missing, writes Kris Voakes.
Manchester United spent well in excess of 100 million pounds ($150 million) on ready-made talent last summer while also allowing a number of former bright young hopes to leave the club. To many, it was the clearest sign yet that the club's focus had changed for good.
Once the bastion of British youth, the home of the fabled class of ’92, the ultimate example of just how much you can win with kids, United was now seen to be shifting paradigms to be more in keeping with the Manchester Citys and Chelseas of the world.