Ethan Laird and Matej Kovar reveal how loan moves can help their Manchester United careers

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Ethan Laird and Matej Kovar have been revealing how their respective loan moves have helped them grow as players. Kovar spent time at Burton Albion last season, while Laird started the campaign with Swansea before switching to Bournemouth in January.

The latter has impressed in pre-season, with Manchester United not yet adding a right-back to their ranks. ALSO READ: Luke Shaw explains how Erik ten Hag has improved Manchester United training Speaking to the club's official website, both players have opened up on how their loan spells have benefitted them and how they still believe they can make a name for themselves at Old Trafford. “At Swansea I knew some of the players already, some of the ‘legends’ you can say were literally just retired.

We had Wayne Routledge – literally just retired. Nathan Dyer – literally just retired. So obviously, Nath, I spoke to Nath and he helped me. “Some of the players there are exceptional.

The captain, Matt Grimes, technical, but there’s so many players but you just take it in from what they do on the ball, so that was a bit different for me, just watching them and then you realise ‘oh, I need to do the same to do that.’ “While I was at Bournemouth, there was a lot more, you could say like experienced pros there.