Manchester United winger Ashley Young has admitted that he has a compulsion to eat chips in pairs of equal length.

The bizarre revelation came during an interview with Kicca when the 31-year-old was asked if he had any unusual food habits.

"I don't know if I can say this but – oh well. If I've gone to get a takeaway and I get chips... I like to match up the chips in length," he said.

"That is actually quite weird. Obviously, if I've got chips, I pick them out in twos.

"That's a weird thing as well. You know if they're not the same length - well, I go hunting for the same length in chips."

Earlier this week it emerged that Young is the latest target of the Chinese Super League in a proposed deal worth £10m a year in wages.