A great week of vicarious success for Manchester United. Scott McTominay’s Ballon d’Or nomination will be claimed as a win by United supporters, because, well, associated glory with the Manc Maradona is the best they can do in this period of unprecedented Premier League disruption.

In a powerful way, McTominay joins the imminent arrival of Benjamin Sesko as a badge of honour for United fans desperate to cling to and propagate United’s big club aura. Like Bryan Mbeumo before him, Sesko eschewed the overtures of Newcastle United for the fallen house of Glazer. Tick.

And now one of their own, a lad who spent 20 years at United, infant, boy and man, has shown himself worthy of the best company at Napoli. Tick. Though the golden gong is destined for a French home, recognition is reward enou

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