The same conversation with Kobbie Mainoo's father was had every Sunday morning at Cheadle Hulme High School in Stockport.
Mainoo was just five years old, but the coach who was responsible for organising Cheadle and Gatley FC's academy, which was created to introduce young children to football, already knew he needed a bigger challenge to 'push him' further.
"In terms of my time with Kobbie at Cheadle and Gatley, he was definitely a standout player by a mile at that young age," Steve Vare, who remains involved on the committee of grassroots Stockport club, told the Manchester Evening News.
