I’ll at all times keep in mind the primary, although, and Axel Tuanzebe was a real pleasure to talk to – insightful and clever, the defender belied his younger age and was, I felt on the time, a possible United captain of the long run.
Just a few weeks earlier, the DR Congo-born Rochdalian had led United out of the tunnel for a Carabao Cup conflict along with his hometown membership, turning into our youngest skipper since Norman Whiteside within the Nineteen Eighties.
Management appeared to be one thing that got here naturally to Axel, even at 21.
“I believe rising up, a number of the lads seemed as much as me,” he stated. “I at all times needed to do what was proper, I believe that’s type of been with me all my life.”
Having been slowly launched to the senior set-up by Jose Mourinho, our 2015 Younger Participant of the 12 months seemed set to make the following step and set up himself within the aspect in the beginning of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first full time period within the dugout.
It appeared inevitable for a sophisticated participant who was robust, fast, technically gifted and will play throughout the backline.
