Aaron Wan-Bissaka is enjoying an impressive debut season at Man United

The United right back came out on top of his recent battle with Raheem Sterling

Wan-Bissaka says none of his team-mates have beaten him one-v-one in training

The 22-year-old was a striker and a winger before becoming a right back in 2017

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is scrolling through his phone and briefly stops to burst out laughing.

Once he resumes, he starts scrolling again but even quicker than before. There is plenty to get through.

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Wan-Bissaka is going through the huge archive of posts on social media site Instagram that have been created in recognition of his impressive tackling and defending feats.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has revealed his passion for tackling the Premier League's best wingers

Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown has labelled him the Premier League's best 1v1 defender

The right back came out on top of his recent battle with Manchester City's Raheem Sterling

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One of many that caught his attention and made him chuckle asked what Wan-Bissaka's opponents see when they look at him? The accompanying picture is a brick wall.

Another has pictures of the contents of the Manchester United right back's pockets after a game; keys, phone, wallet and winger.

Wan-Bissaka finds one which depicts him as a policeman approaching a car he has just pulled over and the driver is a wide man he has just stopped on the pitch.

The inference is clear; there is no escaping Wan-Bissaka.

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In others his face is super imposed onto a picture of a dad carrying a child who is also a previously nullified opponent while another Premier League star is shown trapped in a web thrown by Wan-Bissaka, in reference to the Spider nickname he has been given due to his long legs which are key to his now trademark sliding tackles.

'My friends send them all to me,' Wan-Bissaka, 22, smiles. 'There are too many. I laugh. Literally laugh my head off.'

Earlier this season, a video also emerged following United's draw at Southampton of an emotional fan who is almost brought to tears, so happy is he that his club now have a right back of Wan-Bissaka's quality.

'I saw it after that game,' he said. 'From nobody knowing who I am to him reacting like that now, it means a lot.

'It shows how people look at me and look up to me. I make them smile when they come and watch me play.'

Wan-Bissaka is not the type to let such things go to his head.

It all just provides a little light relief and humour in the high-pressure, relentless world of life as a young Manchester United player.

The jokes, though, stem from something very serious and real. Wan-Bissaka is, quite simply, an exceptional defender.

He admits to laughing out loud when he looks at memes praising his ability as a defender

Wan-Bissaka's performances have quickly made him a fans' favourite at Manchester United

The 22-year-old claims not a single Man United team-mate has dribbled past him in training

Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown labelled him 'the best one-against-one defender in the Premier League' and added: 'some people thought I was good and I think this guy is ahead of me.'

Some praise given Keown's high standards when it comes to defending.

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Meanwhile, United favourite Darren Fletcher revealed: 'I was talking to some Manchester United players, and they were saying that no player has managed to pass Wan-Bissaka in training this season,'

Is that really true? 'I would say so yeah, from what I can remember,' Wan-Bissaka said.

'I can see the frustration but with them I can also see that they are not giving up. They still want to keep trying until they do (get past) and that's the thing that gets me going, team-mates testing me. It helps me.'

Some of Wan-Bissaka's opponents don't even do that.

'There have been times, I can tell, when players are frustrated going down that [left] side and they just stop,' Wan-Bissaka said.

'That makes me aware of my ability. I've had players joke around and say 'any chance?' they can get down [my side].'

Raheem Sterling will know how they feel having eventually come off second best against Wan-Bissaka in the Manchester derby just days before the latter sits down with Sportsmail.

The defender says he can tell his United team-mates get frustrated at their inability to beat him

Their head-to-head was one of the most absorbing full-back/winger battles that will be seen in the Premier League this season and resulted in, arguably, Wan-Bissaka's best ever performance.

Sterling might have been optimistic of winning it after accelerating past Wan-Bissaka early on at the Etihad.

'You have to allow it once so you know next time how to position yourself,' Wan-Bissaka explained. 'That time when he went to the byline I started in line with him. The next time I started behind him so when he kicked it past I had time to recover.'

After that, Wan-Bissaka's determination not to get beaten again only grew.

'Yes, not to allow them to do it again because it's not a good feeling them going past you,' he continued.

'I knew it was going to be a long game. He is one of the best wingers in the Premier League and I knew I had to step up my game.

'It's a good feeling [doing well against Sterling], especially a player like him with his ability. It took real concentration because he can go in or out and has got pace. He's probably faster than me so that was a game I had to really focus on and actually go hard at it.

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'Was that the toughest battle of my career? Yes, but since my debut with Crystal Palace [against Tottenham] no winger is going to be easy.

The Londoner revealed he aims to 'get two tackles in' on his opponent at the start of each game

Wan-Bissaka (left) says he was always defensively minded, even when he played as a forward

'It's going to be a challenge every game and they are only going to get harder with the better players you come up against.'

Wan-Bissaka is naturally shy and softly-spoken. Get him talking about stopping opponents, though, and he really comes to life. He might be every inch the modern footballer but is old school in his approach to the art of defending

In a football world that has become increasingly obsessed with how centre backs 'play out' and full-backs assists stats, Wan-Bissaka's philosophy is simple.

'I don't like anything going past me,' he said. 'Anything. And I like to keep it that way.

'When the game kicks off my first thing is to get two tackles in, tackle them twice [before they get going] because I think that will kind of rattle them or make them think this is going to be a long game.

'If someone was to [get past me] it's the worst feeling. That gives them confidence to come and do it again and keep doing it.

'It doesn't really bother me much, how people look at defending now. I just focus on my game and how I can help the team in any situation on the pitch. Firstly, defend for the team. That's what I put my mind on.'

Wan-Bissaka's effectiveness and hearing how much he thinks like a traditionalists defender, taking such pride in the basics of his job and describing a successful tackle as 'close to the best feeling,' is all the more notable given he has only been one for around three years and was never formally taught how to tackle.

Wan-Bissaka was a striker and then a defender before being converted to a right back in 2017

Wan-Bissaka has been called up by England but is still waiting to win his first England cap

His story is now well-told but worth quickly recounting. He joined Palace aged 11 as a Thierry Henry-idolising striker, was then moved to the right wing before being deployed as an emergency right back in a late-2016 training session and managing to frustrate Wilfried Zaha.

The conversion process accelerated after that session which changed the course of his career under the guidance of Palace under-23 coaches Richard Shaw and Dave Reddington before an injury crisis opened the door to Roy Hodgson's first team.

Since impressing in his first three senior Palace appearances against Tottenham, United and Chelsea in February and March 2018, Wan-Bissaka has not looked back.

'It has gone so quick, such a short space of time, but I'm happy with the chance I was given in that position. I don't regret it,' he said. 'But the change hasn't been massive to me. I always had that defensive mindset when I was an attacker.

'I used to love tackling as well. When I played right wing, left wingers would beat the right back and I'd be recovering and getting the tackles in. That's where it really started.

'Because I've been in a winger's position I know how to think at times. Where you see space down the line you take it. That's what I like to give them.

'A little gap and show them the outside so they think they can kick it and run but little do they know, it's not going to happen.

The United full-back was named Crystal Palace's Player of the Year at the end of last season

Wan-Bissaka says he came to United because he 'thought they could improve me as a player'

'The tackling, it is just concentration really,' continued Wan-Bissaka, who has become so good at it a double-take was required to verify it was really his challenge that led to Watford's penalty last week, one he could be forgiven after all those he has timed perfectly.

'You have to time it well, not dive in, because it can go wrong and if it does, it's bad. I just go off them and try and prevent the ball from going inside.'

The qualities he already had earned him his £50m summer move to Old Trafford. Now there, the different demands will help him develop the other side of his game.

'United have more of the ball, I'll be getting more of the ball [than at Palace], so on the ball will have to change, improve,' said Wan-Bissaka, who showed signs of that improvement with his crossing contribution to Marcus Rashford's goal against Newcastle.

'Joining in the counter attacks, because we have a lot of them, overlapping more, things like that.

'That's why I came to this team because I thought they could improve me as a player.'

Already though United's outlay has proved to be money well spent and he has been one of their more reliable performers during an up-and-down campaign. He admitted things were a 'bit shaky' at the start 'outside the training ground' as he adjusted to being away from the life he had known for so long in south London for the first time. All is well now though.

He showed his offensive improvement with an assist for Marcus Rashford against Newcastle

The defender says he took time to adapt to life in Manchester but is now happy up north

'Everyone comes up, sometimes I go down but they come up mostly,' he said. 'I'm just surrounded by support, friends and family, that's all I need to keep me going.'

On the pitch, Wan-Bissaka has looked totally at ease playing for one of the world's biggest clubs in just his second full season at senior level, which has not surprised those who have followed his career closely.

Those who know him well describe Wan-Bissaka as someone who is not fazed by anything and possesses an ability not to unnecessarily overthink things at certain times allowing him to take any of the challenges football throws at him in his stride.

When having to adapt quickly to a new position, the Premier League and then United they are ideal character traits to have.

His older brother Kevin believes Wan-Bissaka's fearlessness stems from the days when the now-United star used to play and had to prove himself against older kids in kickabouts on Walton Green, the park near the house they grew up in in New Addington, Croydon.

He possesses that same unruffled persona as a professional.

'That's just how I go into games. Just calm. It's always been like that. I don't think it's a choice. It is just how I am,' he said.

Wan-Bissaka says he goes into every game 'calm' has confidence in his ability to perform

He accepts he will have to improve on the ball as United have more possession than Palace

'Even before I joined United, my debut against Tottenham, you have doubters. There are always doubters, thinking you are playing against this front three or that front three.

'You look at the players and think it could go two ways, left or right, but if you have confidence or belief in yourself you can chose which way it goes.'

Wan-Bissaka has the same faith in the United project under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer which is why he didn't hesitate to join the club during this period of transition. It was underlined by the morale-boosting few days at the start of this month during which he shone as both Tottenham and Manchester City were beaten.

'That was only just the start,' he said. 'It shows what we are actually capable of. Obviously I know because we see it in training and it was only a matter of time. We started now so we push on from there.'

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