Mainoo told manutd.com: "He just wanted me to be more dominant and just demand the ball all the time.
And when I first came up with the first team, he told me he was going to push me and he did. He just always demanded more from me and just being involved in every play and just always getting on the ball.
He's been so helpful. And then always guiding me, as well as the senior players, and pushed me to help me keep developing and keep getting better and better. So all credit to him."
On an early career highlight, Mainoo also said: Obviously, the Wolves goal, that was crazy.
I've watched it a few hundred times so it's sunk in now! To be honest I hadn't thought about (the celebration) or anything. It just felt right when I scored it, you know. It was a nice clutch moment.
Of course, that moment (against Newport) is still special. But under the conditions of the Wolves game, being 3-3 and added time, that edges the other one out a bit more."