United's very own Zidane is blazing a trail at Old Trafford

THE second-most popular player at United has played eight minutes for the first-team.

- SAMUEL LUCKHURST

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most requested interviewee by media personnel – and the second is a Manchester-born teenager who only signed his first professional contract last year.

Such is the interest in Zidane Iqbal that United have already received innumerable requests from those in the football-centric Middle East.

Already regarded as a trailblazer within the Asian community in professional football, on Thursday Iqbal came on for Iraq against Iran to become the 32nd current United player to play for their country – but he almost didn’t make the bench.