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Timothy Fosu-Mensah’s Manchester United departure was hardly front page news by the time it was announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Unfortunately for young Fosu-Mensah, Van Gaal was sacked that summer, with Jose Mourinho the man picked to succeed him.



Plucked from the Ajax academy aged 14, there were high hopes for the versatile defensive player.



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As so many have before him, the Manchester United academy graduate was handed a chance to shine in the senior team.

Fosu-Mensah was signed to schoolboy terms two years after that and his progression to the United first-team was completed in 2016.

“I think he is a better full back than a central defender but he is from origin at Ajax always playing right centre midfield or right centre half.