I love watching players like him, the minute he steps on the pitch is the minute you see how he positions himself on the pitch in a way not only our backline gets an easy passing option, but also occupies opposition players around him who have to either commit to marking him (what leaves space in central areas) or take a risk that he gets the ball and actually does something positive with it. He is the best ball progresor in the team, not FDJ but he has FDJ element and definitely adds another dimension to our game.
If team continues to play as two groups (defence or attack) with nobody wanting to occupy the midfield, then Mainoo is going to be a starter most weeks.
He is a more silky mobile version of Amrabat, and has more defensive instincts than any other CM in the team.
I don't think that is true, or at least I have not seen it yet. Casemiro has the best "defensive instincts" in the team, no doubt about it, but the rest of our players have close to no defensive instinct when it comes to playing in midfield. The jury is still out for Mount and Mainoo IMO. I think Kobbie strengths lie elsewhere tbh.
I would love to see him paired with Casemiro.