Teddy Sheringham has named Mason Greenwood's best position at Manchester United.
Greenwood has enjoyed a sensational rise from United's academy to the Reds' first team in recent years - Greenwood made his debut under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in March 2019 - and the youngster is now an established senior player at the club.
The 20-year-old was prolific in United's academy ranks yet he's regularly played on the right-wing for the first team.
Sheringham, who spent three very successful years at United under Sir Alex Ferguson, certainly knew how to find the back of the net and he admitted that he thought Greenwood was a centre-forward, but that he's still got to develop to excel in that role.
"I saw Denis Irwin in Dubai and I spoke to him about Greenwood," Sheringham told the Manchester Evening News via 978bet.
"I said I thought that's where Greenwood was going to be heading [playing at centre-forward]. He said to me ‘no he's more of a number 10’. Again, he's scored his goals throughout his United career, youth career, but Denis thinks he's more of a number 10.
"I thought he was developing as a number nine and you know, United were planning on keeping him there for the long run, learning off Cavan. Denis sees it a little bit differently and he sees Greenwood more often than I do.
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"He [Greenwood] definitely knows where the goal is. I love the way he finishes, very, very clever. Whether he gets in the six-yard box enough for a centre-forward, I don't know. He scores good goals rather than a lot of goals more often than not, I think.
"If he's going to learn, if he's going to be a number nine, then he needs to get in the six-yard box a little bit more often."
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Teddy Sheringham was speaking to the Manchester Evening News in association with 978bet
