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"He is as mature as they were in terms of their understanding of the game and the way he picks concepts up.
"But, yeah, it is up to him now. He has a great platform to build from, he has a really good influence at his club in terms of Jose (Mourinho), keep him grounded and we'll do the same here.
"What's been nice on his pathway over the last few years is that it has all been joined up.
"We used to speak to Ryan Giggs (when assistant to Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal) about which team to put him in because we didn't want to put him in the 21s too early.
"So up to this point, I think he has been really well handled and we have to make sure we continue to do that."
"When Ryan (Giggs) was working as assistant manager, Marcus had just broken into the team and we were deciding which age group to put him with,"
"We felt maybe putting him in the Under-21s straight away would put too much spotlight on him, so I think the club were grateful for that.
"But then Roy picked him for the seniors about two months later! So that plan was out the window but you can also see why because, blimey, the impact he had at the time and then immediately with England was fantastic
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"He is as mature as they were in terms of their understanding of the game and the way he picks concepts up.
"But, yeah, it is up to him now. He has a great platform to build from, he has a really good influence at his club in terms of Jose (Mourinho), keep him grounded and we'll do the same here.
"What's been nice on his pathway over the last few years is that it has all been joined up.
"We used to speak to Ryan Giggs (when assistant to Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal) about which team to put him in because we didn't want to put him in the 21s too early.
"So up to this point, I think he has been really well handled and we have to make sure we continue to do that."
"When Ryan (Giggs) was working as assistant manager, Marcus had just broken into the team and we were deciding which age group to put him with,"
"We felt maybe putting him in the Under-21s straight away would put too much spotlight on him, so I think the club were grateful for that.
"But then Roy picked him for the seniors about two months later! So that plan was out the window but you can also see why because, blimey, the impact he had at the time and then immediately with England was fantastic