As featured on NewsNow: Football news

Man Utd hero Butt sends challenge to McTominay & Pereira

Manchester United legend and head of first-team development Nicky Butt has challenged Scott McTominay and Andreas Pereira to add goals to their game.

McTominay has firmly established himself as a regular in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, while Pereira is also an important of the squad.

"Scott's now trying to develop his game into the player he was in the younger teams, when he scored goals, got into the box and dominated," Butt explained.

"He has embedded himself into the squad now and he's become one of the first names on the team sheet. He's done that bit, which is hard: settling in, not making too many mistakes, keeping it simple. Now the next step is getting back to being a box-to-box midfielder, getting goals, stopping goals at the other end."

He added: "Andreas will now want to be playing like we all know he can – scoring goals, creating goals – and you've got the other ones who will be trying to get as many minutes as they can in the first team."

Video of the day:

About the author

Freddie Taylor

×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

  1. Go Ad-Free
  2. Faster site experience
  3. Support great writing
  4. Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free
×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free