Manchester United’s Ella Toone eyeing England glory and local bragging rights

Ella Toone is targeting both international glory and local bragging rights as she prepares for a thrilling end to a season which promises to fulfil more than one of her dreams.

At club level, the 22-year-old Manchester United winger has her sights set firmly on Champions League qualification ahead of rivals Manchester City before turning her attention to England’s Euro 2022 finals campaign.

Asked if the hosts had to go into the tournament believing they can win it, Toone, who has scored 10 goals in 13 senior international appearances, said: “Yes, of course.

“You’ve got to go into every game and every competition with the belief that you’re going to win. Without that, you won’t go very far. We have that in us as players and individuals, but also we have that in the team.

“We all believe in each other and we believe that we can go on to do really good things because of the talent that we have in the squad and the hard work we have done. That belief is massive and it will take us far.

“Hosting a home Euros is going to be massive and something I want to be a part of. Playing for your country is the proudest thing you can do and hopefully being picked to represent England in the Euros, it would be amazing.”

Sarina Wiegman’s side will head into the finals in top form – they currently sit top of their World Cup qualifying group with eight wins out of eight and having scored a staggering 68 goals without reply – and with a trophy already under their belts after edging out Olympic champions Canada, Germany and Spain to lift the Arnold Clark Cup earlier this year.

Toone said: “The Arnold Clark Cup was great for us. We competed against much tougher opponents than we have faced recently. It was great for us to go and test ourselves