Scott McTominay has revealed the brutal piece of advice Jose Mourinho gave to him in his first training session under the Portuguese coach.
The 27-year-old midfielder has spent 21 years of his life at the Red Devils after beginning his youth career for them in 2002.
After breaking into the first team in 2017, he has scored 17 goals in 162 appearances so far.
Speaking to Jake Humphrey on his High Performance Podcast, McTominay discussed life under Jose Mourinho and how valuable he was in shaping his career.
'When I first went over, maybe at the start of the 2017 season, I was going over to train with Jose and there were a lot of lads on international break,' McTominay said.
'Refs [in training] are always a little bit biased to the first team vs the young lads and I was losing my temper, raising my voice a little bit too much.
'It's probably the right thing to do but also wrong thing to do. I was arguing with some of the older players - [Michael] Carrick and [Ashley] Young - and I was just saying you're getting all the decisions, no wonder we're losing.'
'Mourinho spoke to me and said you need them to like you you cant make them think you're a ******. He dressed me down to be fair and said who do you think you are, you've done nothing.
'It turned out a couple of months down the line the fitness coach told me Jose was just testing you out and I knew it. It was nice to hear [positive words] and that he was trying to test the group.'
The midfielder added: ' You just can't get carried away because you can get humbled so quick. I was lucky he [Jose] came and gave me my chance.
'I owe him a great deal and my family love him. When I was going to play for Scotland, because I always wanted to play for Scotland for my grandpa, Jose was
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