Manchester United have made the right decision with Alejandro Garnacho and Mason Mount

Alejandro Garnacho would have loved the symmetry. As someone who idolises Cristiano Ronaldo, becoming the first teenager to wear Manchester United's iconic No. 7 shirt since Ronaldo in 2003 would have been perfect.

Alas, the 19-year-old will have to be patient if he is to ever inherit the number most synonymous with thrilling wingers at Old Trafford. Instead, the shirt has gone back to a time when it was worn by a midfielder, with Erik ten Hag offering it to Mason Mount during talks over his arrival at the club.

Mount is following in the footsteps of Bryan Robson as a central midfielder to wear seven, so it's not as if it is solely the possession of edge-of-your-seat attackers, but there was undoubtedly a desire amongst supporters for Garnacho to be given the number this summer.

After signing a five-year deal in April, United considered Garnacho as a contender for the No. 7 shirt that has been vacant since Ronaldo's acrimonious departure in November. That looked even more likely when United's new shirt went on sale and Garnacho and the No. 49 were unavailable in the list of options for printing.

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But rather than giving the teenager the shirt that is arguably most prized by that type of player at Old Trafford, it has been given to Mount, a midfielder of industry and quality, but not someone who can compare to Garnacho in the entertainment stakes.

Perhaps Garnacho will still get a new number, although now that it isn't going to be No. 7 there is probably little need to change. The 49 came about due to his rapid rise to the first-team squad last season, but it hardly signals a place low down in the pecking order.

He's not yet at the top of that