Mainoo set to sign

Kobbie Mainoo is set to sign a new five-year contract at Manchester United, according to reports on Wednesday. (skysports.com) Sky Sports’ Paper Talk said the 20-year-old midfielder is poised to agree the deal on April 22, 2026. Manchester Evening News reported last month that the contract would run until the summer of 2031 and include a significant pay rise. (skysports.com) (manchestereveningnews.co.uk) Mainoo’s current contract was signed in 2023, when he was 17, and Sky Sports reported last week that it expires in 2027. That report said the new terms would bring a substantial salary increase after talks moved to an advanced stage in March. (skysports.com 1) (skysports.com 2) United have been trying to settle Mainoo’s future while reshaping the squad under Michael Carrick. Manchester Evening News reported that negotiations were paused earlier in the season when Mainoo was out of the first team under Erik ten Hag, then restarted after he returned to regular starts. (manchestereveningnews.co.uk) Carrick said on April 12 that he hoped Mainoo would sign before the end of the current campaign, and a week later Sky Sports quoted him saying the midfielder was “getting closer” to a new deal. Harry Maguire’s extension was announced last week, leaving Mainoo’s as the other major contract still pending. (manutd.com) (skysports.com) The contract talks have unfolded alongside months of transfer noise around Mainoo. In December, Sky Sports reported United would only consider selling him for an “exceptional” offer even after interest from other Premier League clubs. (skysports.com) Mainoo came through United’s academy system and signed his last long-term contract in February 2023 after making his first-team debut. Manchester United’s player profile says the Stockport-born midfielder progressed from the Under-16s into the Under-18s in 2021. (manutd.com 1) (manutd.com 2) If the agreement is completed on the terms now being reported, United will have tied one of their youngest first-team midfielders to Old Trafford through 2031. The club has not yet announced the deal officially. (manchestereveningnews.co.uk) (manutd.com)