Manchester United midfielder Zidane Iqbal has revealed he had a background in futsal as a junior player.

Writing for manutd.com, Iqbal stated: "I used to play for fun, even in year six, we ended up winning a trophy and I always took football seriously. I was at United then so I've always taken football seriously but it's always enjoyable. Football, in my opinion, is the best sport. It's not only serious but fun. I don't mind working hard because I enjoy it.

"When I was younger, you'd dribble and take on your man, and do a lot of ball work at United. We used to have this thing called numbers. They'd shout out number one and we'd all know what it was and do a specific skill or ball manipulation. Number two was a different type of ball manipulation.

"I also did a lot of work with my dad and played a lot of futsal as well. I used to go to Manchester futsal and it helped me a lot, my dad helped me a lot and United, of course. All of that combined has got me where I am now.

"We used to train Tuesdays and Tuesdays and have Saturday or Sunday games, it would just depend on what day it would fall on. Futsal was every Monday night so, because I was at United on Tuesday and Thursday, I could go to futsal and practice because it was a really tight pitch. The ball was different, 4v4, always 1v1 against your man with a lot of ball manipulation and moving the ball, beating your man.

"That's helped me a lot and I've taken what I've learned from futsal to football and a lot of it has helped me. I remember my manager at Manchester futsal told me about Max Kilman, at Wolves, who was a big name that has come out of it."