Manchester United Treble winner Andy Cole believes Mason Greenwood can be the team's outright No9 this season.
Greenwood, 19, broke into the first team in 2019 and has spent the last two seasons largely playing on the right wing. His performances have been largely excellent though as he has scored 29 goals in 105 senior appearances for the Reds but he made his name in youth football as a number nine.
Speaking on MUTV prior to the Reds' pre-season fixture against Derby on Sunday, Cole said; "You could say that [he's a victim of his versatility]. As he gets further on in his career, I think he's going to want to nail down one position. Not play off the right or play off the left but he'll want to nail down a position that he feels most comfortable in.
"Sometimes when you have a top player who can play in a few positions, the manager wants him to help. 'Can you play here today, can you play on the left, play on the right?' Meanwhile he might just want to play centre forward."
Cole believes Greenwood's natural goalscoring instinct is bettered only by Uruguayan veteran Edinson Cavani in the squad and that the former Paris Saint-Germain hitman is someone Greenwood should look to learn from this season.
"I think this season is going to be a real big season for him. When you have someone like Cavani and you play centre forward, you'll learn from Cavani who's a great player.
"I look at Mason and I think to myself, if you've got a player like that and you want to go to the next level and you've got someone like Cavani you're going to learn a hell of a lot. He's still a baby. I'd like to see him play more this season down the middle, I think he's got all the attributes.
"I think out of everybody, if you take out Cavani, I think he's the only who will [score penalty box goals]. If you look at Marcus [Rashford] or Martial I don't think they're going to get their little tap-ins but looking at Mason I think he's very brave in that position and he's willing to keep running in there."
