Ricky Sbragia says it is only a matter of time before Scott McTominay captains both Manchester United and Scotland on a full-time basis.
The midfielder has enjoyed a fine 2020/21 season so far, playing most weeks for Manchester United, playing a key role in getting Scotland to Euro 2020 and recently taking on the armband at Old Trafford for the first time against Watford in the FA Cup.
While Liverpool man Andy Robertson holds the armband with Scotland and Bruno Fernandes has long been tipped as the next Manchester United captain after Harry Maguire, former Scotland and Old Trafford youth coach Sbragia thinks different.
He believes McTominay will take them both on: “Scott reminds me of Darren. He’s got the same attitude, he’s helpful to people and time is nothing to him. He’s an intelligent boy who does all his own work.
“It’s not as if he got to the United first team and thought: ‘That’s it, I’ve made it.’ He’s kept on working at it and you couldn’t meet a nicer boy. In my mind, there’s no doubt that he can be another Fletcher. It’s not a shock to me what he’s doing now. It’s just been gradual and everything is falling into place with him.
“Man United are now a better team with him in it. I can see him, like Darren, being there for many years and winning trophies for United. He’ll be disappointed at times when he doesn’t play – but he never shows it. He just gets on with it.
“Scott just wants to make himself better and he can do what Fletcher did at Old Trafford. Scott won’t want to leave Manchester United, he’ll stay on. And if he emulates the career that Darren had he will be doing ok. “I think he’s captain material for United and Scotland in the future because he leads by example.”