Kobbie Mainoo chant: Lyrics, tune and story behind Man Utd’s song for their hometown hero

Kobbie Mainoo was the talk of the country when he broke into the Manchester United first team during the 2023/24 season.

The player had a brilliant start to his Manchester United career, scoring a winner against Liverpool in front of the Stretford End before scoring the second goal in the club's 2-1 win over Man City in the 2024 FA Cup final a few months later.

Fast forward two years, and Mainoo has experienced a lot. He became a key player during England's run to the Euro 2024 final, before finding himself on the brink of leaving Man Utd after failing to impress Ruben Amorim.

The youngster has come through that experience now, though, and is back to being a key player for Manchester United. He has also earned a brand-new Old Trafford chant, which we delve into below.

Kobbie Mainoo chant, lyrics and tune

The Kobbie Mainoo chant is sung to the lyrics of ‘Love Really Hurts Without You' by Bill Ocean. The lyrics are as follows:

Mainoo!

United can't play without you,

United can't play without you,

And it's breaking my heart when you don't start,

Mainoo!

United can't play without you...

Kobbie Mainoo chant background

This new Man Utd chant is one of the better ones created by the Old Trafford faithful in recent years, and it puts to bed the previous generic Mainoo chant set to the tune of “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire.

The song is both unique and clever in that it is a direct reference to how United fans felt when he couldn't get a game under Ruben Amorim. What made that whole situation even more bizarre was the fact that Amorim's United were hardly pulling up trees every week.

Now that Mainoo is struggling for game time for England, perhaps we will start hearing England fans singing this chant too.

Man Utd fans singing the Kobbie Mainoo chant

FGG says: A top effort

This chant has breathed new life into the stands at Old Trafford and into their famous away ends. While United have a deep songbook, their fans haven't created anything memorable in quite some time, but they deserve credit for this one.