One player to have made such a transfer, with much less fanfare last summer, is Abbie McManus, who left Manchester City and joined Casey Stoney’s Manchester United as they got set for their first season in the Women’s Super League. “I hate the fact I am always in the old group now,” McManus, 27 on Tuesday, says with a laugh. A run to the semi-finals of the Continental League Cup, when they were knocked out by Arsenal, provided a glimpse of what was to come. I’m happy to say that I think Manchester United will be the underdogs. “I’ve got the bruises all over my legs from the blocks and stuff,” McManus says of the intensity of the training.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2020 22:30 UTC