A TIGHT BOND - WOOTTON HAILS TEAM SPIRIT

A TIGHT BOND - WOOTTON HAILS TEAM SPIRIT

Defender full of praise for the togetherness in the United squad...

Defender Scott Wootton has hailed the team spirit within the United camp, saying the "tight bond" which was evident in the second half of 2014/15 has continued into pre-season this summer.

Wootton, who is now approaching his third campaign with the club, was speaking at the team hotel in Austria as the week-long pre-season tour enters its closing days.

“It’s been good,” he said. “There’s a good team spirit amongst the lads and everyone gets on well with each other.

“The surroundings here have been beautiful and it’s perfect that the training pitch is a minute’s walk away.

“The training has been good. It’s been a really good week so far.

“We haven’t had as many changes this pre-season as we did last year, but the new lads have integrated into the squad really well.

“We had a tight bond towards the end of last season and that’s just continued into pre-season.”

Wootton was also full of praise for head coach Uwe Rosler, who he says has made a big impression on the squad since taking charge earlier this summer.

“The training has been excellent – everything is planned out,” he said. “It’s relevant to how the manager wants us to play, which is important as well.

“There are no gray areas – everything is black or white. The more time the squad works with him, we’ll know exactly what he wants.

“He seems pleased with the games, he’s seen progression in each game and I think he’s pleased that we’re trying to put his ideas into each game.”

The defender completed the full 90 minutes of Tuesday evening’s 2-1 friendly defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in Eugendorf, and he believes that there were positives to be taken despite the result.

“It was a tough game, firstly because of how good the opposition were and how good at keeping the ball they were,” he said.

“Then there was the heat – I think it was 30+ degrees – it was very hot and something we weren’t used to as players in England.

“But I thought it was a great work-out and a good test for the lads. You’ve got to look at the positives and take them forward into the season.”

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