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title: "Manchester United: Romelu Lukaku picks Mason Greenwood as best young player at the club"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-romelu-lukaku-picks-mason-greenwood-as-best-young-player-at-the-club/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Ward"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-04-20T20:00:25Z"
modified: "2020-04-20T20:00:25Z"
---

# Manchester United: Romelu Lukaku picks Mason Greenwood as best young player at the club

**[Romelu Lukaku](https://twitter.com/RomeluLukaku9/status/1251589807651860480) has picked teenage sensation Mason Greenwood as Manchester United’s best young player. Predictably, plenty of fans have been fervently discussing his four word tweet.**

Replying to a fan Q&A on Twitter, Lukaku named the academy graduate as United’s brightest youngster, commenting: “Greenwood that boy colddddd.”

Having been handed his first-team debut by [Ole Gunnar Solskjaer](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mason-greenwood/profil/spieler/532826) last year, Greenwood has played in 39 games for United in this season so far, scoring 14 goals and providing 1 assist in all competitions. Although most of his appearances have come from the bench, the 18-year-old has still managed to bag 5 goals in the Premier League ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/367782/Show/Mason-Greenwood)).

After arriving at Old Trafford from Everton for an initial [£75m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40550934), the [Belgium all-time leading goalscorer](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/belgien/toptorschuetzen/verein/3382) netted 42 goals in 96 matches for the Red Devils, before departing for Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan last summer for [£74m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49146040).

Lukaku scored twice during Greenwood’s first game in the famous jersey, when Solskjaer’s side thumped Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in the Champions League ([Metro](https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/18/romelu-lukaku-names-mason-greenwood-manchester-uniteds-best-young-player-12576873/)).

Unsurprisingly, loads of supporters replied to his answer on Twitter, with several fans leaving a positive response. One even added “miss you big man.”

Take a look at the rest of the best reactions we have found so far…

https://twitter.com/EasyMoneySnipa6/status/1251595569774157839?s=20

> Rare dub.
>
> — KayBee!🚀 (@UtdKB) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/UtdKB/status/1251624779582496771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Major W
>
> — Jay (@JusticeMUFC) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/JusticeMUFC/status/1251596892150075397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Big Room with the W
>
> — ugoSnr mufc (@UgoSnr) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/UgoSnr/status/1251590287446728704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> ok I love you again now
>
> — hass💖 (@20biteenqueen) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/20biteenqueen/status/1251591394977873920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Miss you big man.
>
> — ‏ً (@UtdHenry) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/UtdHenry/status/1251592759921827842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***United fans, do you want to see Romelu Lukaku and Mason Greenwood reunite in the future? Let us know in the comments below!***