Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick admitted that youngster Anthony Elanga was close to leaving the club in January.
When Rangnick arrived at United during the winter, Elanga had not played much during the first half of the season.
The Swedish youngster was indicating a preference for a loan move, but he managed to get the game time he desired under Rangnick.
Speaking after United's 3-0 win over Brentford, in which Elanga provided an assist, Rangnick stated: "He's only just turned 20 and at Christmas, before I arrived, he had already thought about going on loan somewhere else and now he's almost playing regularly for us.
"I think he's got a great mentality, he's a good lad, he wants to get better in every training session and he will hopefully stay in the club for the next couple of years and then improve.
"There's still a lot of space for improvement for him technically, tactically, but he wants to learn and that's the good thing about him."
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