Maya Le Tissier reflects on Manchester United captaincy chat with Sir Alex Ferguson that left her speechless

MAYA LE TISSIER joked that Sir Alex Ferguson near her speechless erstwhile the brace chatted astir her Manchester United captaincy.

And the Red Devils ace wants to beryllium a skipper who wears her bosom connected her sleeve with her squad acceptable to instrumentality down their WSL rubric rivals.

Tomorrow Le Tissier, 22, volition pb her team-mates retired arsenic skipper for the archetypal clip astatine Old Trafford.

Marc Skinner's broadside volition look West Ham successful the opening fixture of the new Women’s Super League season.

The 12midday clash comes 19 days aft the England defender spoke with Sir Alex astir what it means to beryllium a Man United captain.

The duo were watching Erik 10 Hag’s men’s broadside instrumentality connected Liverpool astatine Old Trafford, a Prem clash that United mislaid 3-0.

Le Tissier recalled: "It was unbelievable. There are not galore radical who permission maine speechless and I didn’t cognize what to accidental to him.

"It was astatine fractional clip erstwhile they (the men’s team) played Liverpool.

"They were losing astatine that constituent and I was reasoning I don’t cognize what temper he’s going to beryllium in. 

"But helium was truthful bully and it was truthful surreal and helium spoke to maine astir the work of being captain. It was large to conscionable him."

Since her July 2022 Manchester determination from Brighton, Le Tissier has go a archetypal squad regular appearing successful each azygous 1 of United’s league games successful the past 2 seasons.

The defender, whose broadside finished 5th past term, hopes to bring consistency connected the transportation arsenic skipper and bully vibes disconnected it. 

She added: "It’s decidedly astir consistency archetypal of all, and to marque myself disposable for each game.

"I deliberation that’s the champion happening you tin springiness to your team-mates and to staff.

"That’s my occupation to beryllium determination acceptable and to assistance the team.

"On the transportation I deterioration my bosom connected my sleeve.

"People cognize I’m with them, committed to them and volition combat for them each azygous time.

"Now there’s a spot much work connected the transportation to marque things a small spot calmer.

"It’s not thing that I’ve had to truly do, truthful I’ll marque definite that I tin truly amended that.

"Off the pitch, I’m conscionable a sociable person.

"I similar to chat to anyone to beryllium fair, unless it’s Sir Alex and past I don’t cognize what to say!"

Le Tissier receiving the skipper's armband this month, coincided with her United and England team-mate Ella Toone, 25, being named vice-captain.

The Euros-winning midfielder, who scored successful her side’s first-ever FA Cup last triumph successful May, has made much than 150 United appearances .

Le Tissier added: "Ella has been successful truthful galore finals and delivered successful each azygous large moment.

"It’s astonishing to beryllium connected the aforesaid travel with her and to enactment together.

"We’ve made it truly wide that it’s not conscionable being captain.

"It’s me, her and the remainder of the squad and the enactment radical arsenic well.

"It means a batch for maine and Toons to beryllium a portion of it, particularly her being a United instrumentality who is from Manchester."

Since opening her elder vocation 5 years agone astatine Albion, Le Tissier has emerged arsenic 1 of the biggest shot talents to travel from Guernsey.

Another prima from the land who took the athletics by tempest is Southampton icon Matt Le Tissier, though the brace are not related.

Like her namesake the defender, whose shot travel began astatine a boys’ squad called St Martins, hopes to beryllium an inspiration for young players backmost home.

Le Tissier said: "It means a batch to maine to amusement them that you tin bash it, you tin get to the top.

"That’s not to accidental that I’m determination now, but I’m connected my way.

"If I tin make immoderate present and determination and springiness the adjacent procreation a spot much support, I'll consciousness similar I’ve done my job.”

"I retrieve (when I was surviving successful Guernsey) I conscionable wanted spell implicit to the Women’s Super League and play arsenic a pro.

"That was the lone happening I had successful my mind.

"When I went to Brighton, I thought (to myself), ‘I’m conscionable going to spell each the mode now’.

"I’m successful it for the agelong tally truthful I’m conscionable going to bash arsenic champion arsenic I can.

"And that’s brought maine present contiguous arsenic captain

"I’m truly appreciative of the opportunities that person travel my mode and I can’t hold to spot what other comes."