{"id":558675,"date":"2026-04-30T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558675\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:23:17","slug":"kobbie-mainoo-manchester-united-midfielder-signs-new-contract-until-2031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558675\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobbie Mainoo: Manchester United midfielder signs new contract until 2031"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is still hard to get your head around the reality that had Mainoo been granted his wish, he would be playing for Napoli now – or that if United had not changed their manager in January, he would have been pushing for an alternative loan move.<\/p>\n

One of the most bizarre aspects of Amorim’s tenure was that it robbed United of not only a homegrown player but one of a limited number capable of being part of a team that could deliver enough positive results to get them into the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Mainoo did not start a Premier League game under Amorim this season. Apart from one because of injury, he has not failed to start one since he left.<\/p>\n

Captain Bruno Fernandes could break the Premier League assist record this season but had Amad Diallo finished as he should have done against Brentford<\/a> on Monday, Mainoo would have got the assist of the season for his mazy dribble and lay-off in the opening minutes.<\/p>\n

At 21, he still has much to learn, with much development to come. That is the key point, though. <\/p>\n

Mainoo is nowhere near the finished article but is already one of England’s top midfielders; not a prolific scorer, or a brutal tackler, but someone with the priceless ability to take the ball in tight spaces, find a way out and move it on.<\/p>\n

Few with any connection to United will not welcome this news. A local lad, with the world at his feet, committed to Old Trafford for another five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is still hard to get your head around the reality that had Mainoo been granted his wish,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-558675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}