It feels like an age since a 16-year-old Luke Matheson equalised for Rochdale against Manchester United in the EFL Cup.

Fast forward two and a half years and he is on the books at Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, having commanded a fee reported by the Daily Mail to be £1 million pounds.

Having said that, since making the move, Matheson has spent most of the time out on loan, first back to Rochdale and then to Scotland for a brief spell with Hamilton Academical.

His stay in Scotland was cut short though, with Wolves opting to loan the young full-back out to League Two strugglers Scunthorpe United.

But, how is he getting on there?

Since moving there in January, Matheson has gone on to appear seven times for the club, mostly deployed at right-back.

In moving to Scunthorpe, Matheson is also linking up with the man who gave him his first opportunities at Rochdale, Keith Hill.

Talking to Scunthorpe club media just a week or so after joining on loan, you could sense how grateful he was for the opportunity to be there.

“It’s been brilliant to get down here and meet new faces." he told Scunthorpe club media.

"Obviously, I knew the gaffer from my time at Rochdale and he gave me my debut and my first league start.

“I’ve said to him already that I’m so grateful for the opportunities that he’s given me, back when I was a 15 and 16-year-old at Rochdale.

"I know he’s got the belief in me, and I just want to come here and kick on like I know I can do.

“I’m really delighted to be here and the gaffer being here was a major pulling factor in me wanting to come here.

"I know who he is as a person and as a manager. There’s a great bunch of lads here, so I’m ready to kick-on for the rest of the season.”

All in all, it is still very early days in Matheson's time at Scunthorpe, and his performances must come with the caveat that he is playing in a team that sits bottom of League Two.

With that being said, though, he sounds as though he has settled in quickly under Keith Hill and as a result, expect his performances to keep improving as the season progresses.

Only at the end of 2021/22 will a real assessment of Matheson's time at Scunthorpe be able to be given, but there are certainly promising early signs.