Kobbie Mainoo has shown off his new haircut ahead of the 2024-25 season with Manchester United.
The talented midfielder is gearing up for this year’s campaign following a devastating Euro 2024 final loss to Spain.
The 19-year-old was one of the standout Three Lions performers despite some criticism about the team in the early stages of the competition.
He enjoyed his breakthrough season at Old Trafford last campaign, establishing himself as a regular under Erik ten Hag before earning his stripes with the Three Lions ahead of the European Championship.
Now, he has taken to social media to debut a brand new hairstyle before he begins the season.
The midfielder struggled to make an impact as Spain beat England 2-1 in the final
He has now debuted his new hairstyle for the upcoming 2024-25 Premier League season
Earlier this week, Graeme Souness criticised Mainoo for ‘not understanding his position’ after England’s 2-1 defeat by Spain last Sunday.
Mainoo began the tournament on the bench — as Gareth Southgate experimented during the group stage with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Gallagher alongside Declan Rice in midfield — but started all four knockout matches after frequently impressing as a substitute.
The teenager shone as one of England’s brightest players against Slovakia, Switzerland and the Netherlands, earning his place for the final after just eight caps for his country.
Mainoo struggled to make an impact during the showpiece in Berlin and was hooked off midway through the second half for substitute Cole Palmer, who cancelled out Nico Williams’ strike with a superb equaliser from outside the box before Mikel Oyarzabal scored a heartbreaking 86th-minute winning goal for Spain.
Despite admitting that Mainoo is ‘very talented on the ball’, Souness criticised the youngster for his ‘naivety’ in an England shirt, claiming that he ‘wanders’ too far from his position in midfield.
England’s Jude Bellingham and Kobbie Mainoo look dejected after the final
‘I think he’s really good on the ball, he’s very talented on the ball,’ Souness told the Up Front podcast.
‘But he doesn’t fully understand the position. He wanders, he empties the middle of the field too readily.
‘I watched him against Iceland (during England’s last Euro 2024 warm-up game) and he was getting thrown to the left and thrown to the right.
‘He came on as a substitute when holding onto a 1-0 lead (during England’s first Euro 2024 game against Serbia) and the first thing he did was chase down the goalkeeper and try to put him under pressure. It’s naivety, he’s still learning the game.’