Iqbal was an 88th-minute substitute in United’s Champions League home match against Young Boys in December.
Born and raised in Whalley Range, two miles south of Old Trafford, Iqbal has grown up at the club and made his debut alongside childhood friend and long-time team-mate Charlie Savage.
“I found out the day before, when the coach came up to me and he was like ‘you’re not going to be involved with the Under-19s,’” Zidane recalled to us.
“I was kind of surprised. Then he said ‘you’re going to be with the first team’.
“Loads of emotions burst through my body and, as soon as the conversation was over with my coach, I quickly contacted my mum, my dad, my brother.