Mourinho: I only needed 10 minutes to realise Axel Tuanzebe's potential
The 18-year-old was brought on for the closing stages of United's pre-season friendly against Wigan, and seems to have impressed his Portuguese coach
Jose Mourinho says he only needed 10 minutes to be convinced of Axel Tuanzebe’s quality.
The Portuguese coach won his first pre-season friendly with Manchester United in a 2-0 victory over Wigan Athletic, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly making their first appearances for United and Luke Shaw returning after almost a season on the sidelines.
Tuanzebe was brought on for Bailly after 80 minutes, and Mourinho is adamant that the 18-year-old centre-back only needed the brief display to prove his worth.
“You can play 90 minutes or one minute, sometimes one minute is enough,” the United boss toldMUTV.
“With Axel, 10 minutes is enough. I only needed 10 minutes to know his potential, you can see it immediately.”