“Obviously after that you have to develop. If a full-back works you out you have to have that Plan B. But both are talented players who could hurt teams.”

Matondo moved to City in 2016 from Cardiff but never managed to play in the first team and so he decided to try out his luck in the Bundesliga, just like Sancho did after he left the Etihad.

The Wales international has since made 21 first-team appearances for Schalke and has even managed to score a goal.

United seem to be prioritising young British talent as shown by the mega-money acquisitions of Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire from Crystal Palace and Leicester respectively last summer.