Toby Collyer needs extra alternatives within the Manchester United first workforce after beginning in a pleasant defeat to Arsenal on Sunday in California.
The 20-year-old has been a daily in Erik ten Hag’s workforce thus far in pre-season, coming off the bench within the first pleasant in opposition to Rosenborg after which beginning in opposition to Rangers and the Gunners.
The midfielder arrived from Brighton in 2022 and is clearly working his method in the direction of Ten Hag’s plans, hoping that there are extra alternatives to come back within the close to future.
‘It’s actually, actually, actually useful,’ Collyer mentioned of taking part in within the friendlies thus far this summer season.
‘I believe that’s what everybody needs to do. Everybody needs to have the ability to play within the first workforce. So I believe getting experiences like this in a stadium like this as nicely, it’s the highest degree, and clearly the opposition [was top level] as nicely at the moment.
‘So I’m taking all the pieces step-by-step and hopefully I’ll get many extra alternatives to point out what I can do.’
The Crimson Devils had been overwhelmed 2-1 by Arsenal in Inglewood, taking the lead by Rasmus Hojlund earlier than Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli secured a win for Mikel Arteta’s aspect.
Collyer was glad sufficient together with his personal efficiency, which solely lasted 45 minutes, however admitted it was exhausting work in opposition to the Gunners.
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‘It was a troublesome recreation, however I assumed we did nicely as a workforce,’ he mentioned. ‘We did some good issues, and [there are] some issues to enhance, however I assumed we had the appropriate angle and we tried to do one of the best with what the supervisor was telling us to do.
‘Was I happy with how I performed? Yeah, I assumed I had an okay recreation. I assumed there was plenty of issues I may have executed higher, but it surely’s nice to expertise a recreation like at the moment and I can take it into the following recreation, and even into coaching tomorrow.’
The teen has been particularly happy to line-up alongside Casemiro within the latest friendlies, studying as a lot as attainable from the Brazilian.
;It’s so useful [to play next to him],’ he mentioned. ‘He’s probably the greatest ever in that place, so it’s nice for somebody like myself to be taught off him, even simply to observe him in coaching and have him subsequent to me, at all times speaking to me and serving to me out, in addition to the opposite lads as nicely. He’s an actual chief within the workforce.’
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