Kobbie Mainoo gives backing to Manchester United role model who could leave in summer

Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has detailed how he is learning all the time from playing and training alongside Casemiro.

Along with captain Bruno Fernandes, Mainoo and Casemiro have formed the make up of manager Erik ten Hag's strongest midfield trio in recent months. Sunday's 2-2 draw with Liverpool marked Mainoo's 15th consecutive Premier League start.

In what has been an underwhelming season for the club as a collective thus far, Mainoo has been a shining light, developing at lightening speed. He is a strong contender to win the club's Player of the Season award.

Casemiro waxed lyrical about Mainoo's potential last month, admitting he has the capacity to become a mainstay in the club's first-choice starting XI for the 'next 15 years'. He also described him as a 'complete player'.

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Mainoo has now returned the favour, outlining how Casemiro's experience has encouraged him to sharpen his own game, paying particular homage to his ability to read the game.

"I think just to scan even more because I feel like he sees things before everyone else does," said Mainoo, answering a question from a supporter in a United Q&A. "And, playing with him, sometimes he might give you the ball and you're not expecting it.

"So I think it's having to just be knowing what he's thinking and always scanning so, whatever he thinks is happening next, I can try to be as quick and to be clued up as to what he's thinking to do next. So I can try to get in the right positions and stuff and be around him.

"I mean, in training, you can see it a lot in the way