THE FUSE

This stark contrast in form has inevitably turned the microscope back onto his time at Old Trafford. Before his departure, the academy graduate had cut a deeply frustrated figure, looking weighed down by the heavy expectations of his boyhood club. While United fans are somewhat pleased to see their homegrown talent smiling again, his immediate success abroad has raised uncomfortable questions about why he couldn't replicate that same joy, work rate, and output in the Premier League over the past two seasons.