Manchester United’s 5 best performers this season

#1 Eric Bailly

Eric Bailly seems to be the future cornerstone of United’s backline

Bailly was quite an unknown entity before coming to England, but he has been absolutely exception in the heart of United’s defence.

When the Ivorian went to serve his country in the African Cup of Nations for a month, Manchester United looked disorganised and lost without him.

It is quite scary to think that Bailly is just 22 years old - very young for a centre-back - with his peak years well ahead of him.

The mixture of pace, agility and tactical awareness makes Bailly such a force to be reckoned with - not to mention his immense power and physical attributes.

Providing he can work on his heading in threatening position, see Sergio Ramos for Real Madrid, he will be one of Europe’s best all-round centre backs.