Scott McTominay believes the faith Manchester United show in young players has given Kobbie Mainoo the platform to make his eye-catching impact for the club this season.
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"You look gorgeous" he says, attempting his best Manchester accent, "This is Manchester United".
Only a cheeky chappy Irishman as lovable as Niall Horan could get away with standing in front of thousands Mancunians and taking the p**s out of our over-enunciated vowels.
As one fifth of boyband One Direction he was adored by young fans. And since launching his solo career in 2016, he's brought all those admirers with him and pulled in a new crowd along the way.
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I'm sure many of the original 1D lot made up a large part of the audience for Tuesday night's sell-out concert at the AO Arena and he recalls his first show here was back in 2011.
This time it's just him with The Show, which kicked off in Belfast last month and is here for just one night only. Although he will be making a return later this year, when he comes to the new Co-op Live arena on August 27.
He kicks off with Nice to Meet Ya and pulls out a whole load of favourites. With so many teenagers in the crowd, it's inevitable there will be screams.
If there was some sort of scream-o-meter in the house, it would have registered off the scale for his biggest numbers, like This Town.
"If the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you".... "Everything comes back to you" they sang, and the singer-songwriter couldn't hide his delight at the audience recalling his debut single word for word.
There's nothing too fancy here. The stage is pretty impressive, the colourful backdrops vary and at times it looks like an American chat show with his name and 'The Show' emblazed across it.
But down on the floor it's mostly a stripped back Niall. Wearing black trousers - albeit rather hot and sweaty
Scott McTominay believes the faith Manchester United show in young players has given Kobbie Mainoo the platform to make his eye-catching impact for the club this season.
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