Birthday girl Lucy Bronze is backing Ella Toone to be a future England great as the Lionesses look ahead to next year’s UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 on home soil Bronze returned to Manchester City’s side last season, having previously played for them between 2014 and 2017, and has fond memories of a young Toone showing up the senior players with her football skills and tricks.
Toone swapped City for United in 2018 and took to life under Casey Stoney like a duck to water before bursting onto the international scene.
The 22-year-old hit a hat-trick in England’s 10-0 thumping of Latvia this week and Bronze, who celebrated her 30 th birthday on Thursday, says she’s destined for a decorated future.
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