Brandon Williams has been "perfect" for Manchester United this season, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Sunday, as the teenage defender spoke out about his rapid rise.
Left-back Williams has shot to prominence, making his first-team debut in the EFL Cup against Rochdale last September and swiftly becoming a fixture in Solskjaer's plans.
He should start against Copenhagen in United's Europa League quarter-final on Monday, with Solskjaer having no doubt the 19-year-old is ready for such stages.
Williams was selected as United's player to face the media in a news conference and shed a little light on why there is a spark of aggression in his game.
"I think it's from when I've been a kid here from the age of eight," said the United academy graduate.
"It's drilled into you from a young age what this club means. It's part of the DNA to have that inside you, but you've got to have it controlled and not over the top.
"That's from what the United coaches over the years gave me."
Like most youngsters given a chance of top-level football, Williams is obliging to those above him, so as he sat next to Solskjaer it was no surprise he said he was happy to feature "wherever the manager wants me to play".
Everything is a bonus to a player whose maturity was striking as he reflected on where he had come from, and why it would be presumptuous to assume he is assured of a long-term future in the United team.
He was rewarded with a new four-year contract in the past week, but Williams is wary that a fall could yet follow his impressive scaling of the United ranks.
