Alejandro Garnacho paraded a cake in the shape of a football shirt with the No.7 emblazoned on the back of it to celebrate a social media milestone last month. It's the closest he'll come to wearing the number for at least another year.
United had considered the 18-year-old a candidate to don the club's most iconic shirt number next season, and even last week supporters were unable to purchase a new home shirt with 'Garnacho 49' printed on it ahead of an expected change.
Instead, it is summer signing Mason Mount who must deal with the pressure of occupying the number that Cristiano Ronaldo vacated in November.
