Scott McTominay sent Hampden wild as he produced on the biggest stage against the former world champion and three-time Euro kings.
But even as he was slaying Spain at a raucous National Stadium, the fellow Scot who helped send the midfield master on the road to stardom as a tiny five-year old could still see the little kid he first worked with on the pitches of Preston. Dundee-born Charlie Jackson, co-founder of Matrix Soccer Academy in Clitheroe, was head of Manchester United’s North West Development Centre when he first encountered McTominay. The 53-year-old knew even at that age the midfielder was a special talent and he has been proved right after being him develop into a star for club and country.
It was on Tuesday night the 26-year-old Red Devils ace enjoyed his finest moment in the dark blue of Scotland with a double against the Spaniards which came just days after his late brace after coming off the bench against Cyprus in the opening Euro 2024 qualifying Group A fixture. Not a bad international break at all for McTominay.
