Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is keen to overcome new signing Eric Bailly's language struggles by playing him regularly throughout pre-season.
Bailly, a £30million summer arrival from Spanish side Villarreal, is currently unable to speak English making communication with his new team-mates difficult.
The defender made his United debut in the 2-0 pre-season win over Wigan but with Mourinho keen to get Bailly used to his new surroundings, that won't be the last we see of him in friendly action.
On Bailly's performance at the DW Stadium, Mourinho told MUTV: 'He can't speak English, he just communicates with the ones that are French-spoken or Spanish.
'So for him step by step that's the reason why I will give him more than 45 minutes.
'He's one of the players who I want to give 65, 70 minutes because more than others he needs to play, needs to feel it and needs to start communicating.'
Despite his language struggles, Bailly impressed against Wigan, playing for 82 minutes as goals from Will Keane and Andreas Pereira got Mourinho's new era at Old Trafford off to a winning start.
Still only 22, Bailly is one of a number of centre half options available to Mourinho with Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind all competing for a starting spot.
Having shelled out a significant amount of money to bring Bailly to Manchester from La Liga, Mourinho was impressed with what he saw at Wigan.
And the Portuguese even compared the young defender to another man he's helped flourish in the past - Real Madrid's Raphael Varane.
'It is the first time he wears a heavy shirt like the United shirt is,' the United boss said of Bailly.
'I will give him everything to try to make him better and better and better like I did previously with other very young central defenders I had in my hands, like for example Varane.
'I will try to make him the best I can but the reality is that he showed all the potential that we saw when we decided to buy him.'
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