Erik ten Hag lists five skills Kobbie Mainoo has brought to the Manchester United midfield

Erik ten Hag has lauded Kobbie Mainoo's return to the Manchester United side, enthusing he "makes the right decisions".

Mainoo, 18, returned from a four-month lay-off with an ankle injury to start in United's 3-0 Premier League win at Everton, where he was named the man of the match.

The midfielder started on the bench for the 3-3 draw with Galatasaray but replaced Sofyan Amrabat in the 58th minute and acquitted himself impressively in a hostile atmosphere.

Ten Hag indicated Mainoo could return to the starting XI for only his second league start at Newcastle on Saturday evening.

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"If he's ready or not, he showed on Sunday he was ready," Ten Hag explained, "and then we have to manage three games in six days to get the best results of all the games.

"We have more than 11 players, we have good options there. Sofyan also showed he was playing a very good game. We have the options, you manage the load of the players and it's about freshness as well."

When asked what impresses him most about Mainoo, Ten Hag replied: "His scanning. It looks like he always has time because he is scanning, he is running free, then he is scanning to see the options and then make the right decisions.

"He can delay, he can speed up. He makes the right decisions."