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L’Equipe are famously very stingy when handing out their match ratings. So when the Manchester United linked was praised by the famously difficult-to-please French publication, that almost felt like confirmation that he is most certainly on the right track. Ok, he didn’t join a select group of only 15 players in history to be awarded a perfect ‘ten’ by L’Equipe. But their 7/10 rating, handed out after a 2-2 draw in midweek, can almost be translated as a 9/10 in the UK press. ‘Seven’ usually means pretty decent but no more in England. Across the channel, however, Len Goodman’s favourite rating …