Kobbie Mainoo: Man Utd midfielder admits he considered his future when Ruben Amorim was head coach

Kobbie Mainoo admits he considered leaving Manchester United when Ruben Amorim froze him out but says his priority was always to stay at Old Trafford.

Amorim's refusal to find a place for Mainoo in his much-maligned 3-4-2-1 formation sparked concerns United would lose one of their most gifted academy graduates, less than two years on from the midfielder scoring the winner in the FA Cup final against Manchester City.

Mainoo had a request to leave United on loan rejected in the final week of last summer's transfer window but was not given a single Premier League start by Amorim, before he was sacked in January and replaced by Michael Carrick until the end of the season.

Carrick has restored Mainoo to the central role he enjoyed under Erik ten Hag when he broke through at United and the 21-year-old has subsequently earned an England recall after rediscovering his best form and signed a new contract at his boyhood club.