Carrick has previously spoken highly of Mainoo, offering the youngster further hope that he can revive his career at Old Trafford. The club has a proud history of bringing homegrown players into the first team at Old Trafford, and Carrick told former team-mate Rio Ferdinand back in July that it’s vital players such as Mainoo have a role at United. He told Rio Meets: “For a club to have a player who\u2019s come through the academy and knows the club and feels it, United\u2019s got to have an element of that. Always has done, always should. To have the talent that he\u2019s shown already \u2013 you\u2019ve got to have players like that, that you can say, \u2018Right, they get it. They know it. Let\u2019s help them, build them and stick with them.\u2019 There\u2019s definitely a place for him there, for sure.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n