It was claimed the German had ‘asked internally’ about the decision to land Pellistri, along with Amad and Donny van de Beek.
Indeed, few foresaw him having much of a future at United.
After all, they were well-stocked for wingers last term. Along with Sancho, who finally arrived in 2021, they also had Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Cristiano Ronaldo capable of playing out wide.
With Alejandro Garnacho then emerging, and Antony touching down from Ajax, his chances of regular first-team football looked to be even more remote.
Yet football is a curious sport.
And with Garnacho and Antony out injured, Erik ten Hag then decided to deploy Pellistri from the start against Real Betis on Thursday night.
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