Former Manchester United academy coach Neil Wood is urging patience with a youngster.
The Red Devils have integrated midfielder Kobbie Mainoo into the first team this season.
While Wood believes Mainoo can go all the way at United, he does want the club to ensure the youngster has time to develop his game and confidence.
"He's had a great upbringing. He's come all the way through the academy system there at Man United," Wood said on the United We Stand podcast.
"He's had a lot of experience throughout that time on and off the pitch. When I was there, he was still quite young and we were starting to introduce him into UEFA Youth League games and Under-21 games, just to kind of test and stretch him a little bit.
"Then he would go back into the Under-18s or Under-16s to regain the confidence that they lost a little bit when they're against players who are four or five years older than him.
"I think what you see with Kobbie now is he's a real technician. He can handle the ball, he's really good on the ball and I think that's down to years and years of technical development.
"He's got a wise and mature head on his shoulders where he's got himself into the keep, kept himself there, but tactically he's doing the role, it looks like Erik ten Hag likes him dropping between the back line and controlling build-up.
"He seems really comfortable doing that and he's got experienced pros around him. He's done really, really well. What you're looking at him to do is to control the game and that's why he's playing that role.
"He's really good at that, he can find himself out of tight situations and he has a great passing range. You'd like to see him dominate and control more and that will come with the more games he plays.
"The more he does it, his confidence levels will go through the roof and that's when he'll hit another level."