Axel Tuanzebe was once tipped to achieve big things in a Manchester United shirt and had a keen admirer in Jose Mourinho, but things haven't gone to plan.
In what was the self-proclaimed 'Special One's' first pre-season game in charge of the Red Devils back in the summer of 2016, Mourinho handed Tuanzebe a cameo appearance off the bench in place of Eric Bailly in the 80th minute. The then-United boss insisted that was all the young defender needed to make an impression.
"You can play 90 minutes or one minute, sometimes one minute is enough," Mourinho told MUTV. "With Axel, 10 minutes is enough. I only needed 10 minutes to know his potential, you can see it immediately."
