Garnacho feeling effects of Keane's standards at United after improving attitude

The 18-year-old scored his first senior goal for the Red Devils in Thursday's 1-0 away win against Real Sociedad in what was another fine display by the youngster.

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It was just his fifth match under boss Erik ten Hag, with Bruno Fernandes pointing out the Argentina youth international is now showing he means business after showing a poor attitude in pre-season.

But now he's training better and has a more positive mindset, the teenager is finally getting the chances he deserves.

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Former Man United defender Gary Neville previously recalled how skipper Keane dealt with the younger players at Old Trafford and how he demanded respect from them.

Neville explained that some of United's younger players, including himself, used to shy away from signing charity footballs for the club's charities administrator Wendy Rennison.

Speaking on the Diary of a CEO Podcast in August, Neville said: "We looked after people. Little things like Wendy who used to get the charity balls signed.

"Wendy, every Thursday, would have 30 or 40 charity balls that we would sign and they would go to children's charities or different charities in Manchester.

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"Sometimes you're in a rush. You're a football player, you're young. 'Wendy I'll sign them after my massage' or whatever poor excuse you'd give.

"One day Roy walked past Wendy, and she was a little bit upset, and only five players out of the 23 in the squad had signed the balls.

"Roy went upstairs, and said to Sir Alex [Ferguson], 'It's an absolute disgrace, this has happened a couple of weeks now'. He killed us. He absolutely killed us.

"The lack of respect to walk past Wendy, who was there to get the charity balls signed, and not sign them for her.

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"For Roy that was a dereliction of duty. A lack of respect, it's not what you do.

"We're equal in this football club. We treat each other equally. We look after one another.

"We make sure that we're compassionate, and the idea of not doing things like that… It stands out."

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And Keane will be pleased to know that Fernandes and other senior figures at the Theatre of Dreams are making sure the young players in the team stay grounded.