Manchester United starlet Kobbie Mainoo missed training on Thursday Kobbie Mainoo came down with an illness and was forced to miss Manchester United first-team training on Thursday, though Erik ten Hag is hopeful the midfielder could feature against Brentford this weekend. The 18-year-old academy product has burst onto the scene this season and been one of United’s shining lights of an otherwise disappointing campaign, with the club languishing down in sixth in the Premier League table.
‘He wants to improve and just have fun on the pitch. Fun for him is to play dominant, to dictate the game and win the game.’ The Red Devils sit sixth in the table ahead of their trip to Brentford Ten Hag has waxed lyrical about Mainoo’s character both on and off the pitch this season and was ‘not surprised’ how quickly he adapted to international football after his shock promotion from the U21s. ‘I thought it was very good but we are not surprised.