Tom Heaton has followed Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire in signing a contract extension, and all three have made the same point.
The latest contract extension for Tom Heaton won’t garner as many headlines as Harry Maguire and Kobbie Mainoo did.
However, it’s an open secret that he’s a crucial part of the Man Utd squad and a true dressing room leader.
Therefore, it’s interesting to note that he’s made the same point about the club after signing his extension as his two teammates before him.
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Tom Heaton after signing Man Utd contract extension
With all due respect to Heaton’s playing talents, something will have gone very wrong at Old Trafford if he’s starting a game for the club next season.
However, as Casemiro said recently, Heaton sets the standards in the dressing room and is a model professional, which every dressing room needs.
He has his finger on the pulse of the dressing room’s mood, so when he makes a wider point about the club, it carries immense weight.
Therefore, it’s encouraging to hear the positive words from the veteran about the ambition he can feel at the club.
He said: “It is a huge honour to continue to represent Manchester United. You can feel the determination and ambition of everyone throughout the club to keep pushing for success.
“I am really excited to play my role in driving us forward and helping the group to compete for the biggest honours.”
Heaton echoes Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire
If one player says it, it can be lip-service; if two say it, it could be a clique in the dressing room, but if three say it, all at different places in their careers, then it’s something definitive.
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Heaton’s point about feeling ambition from the club is not something that could be said about the club under the Glazers, where UCL participation was the end goal rather than a means to the end.
Mainoo said the same about United, painting a rosy picture of the club’s future prospects, while Maguire also believed that it’s not a false dawn this time.
Ineos are finally in a position of strength in the transfer market instead of trying to play catch-up, and early signs have been extremely encouraging.
Players can feel the momentum building inside the club, which leads to a virtuous cycle where confidence breeds confidence, and in turn, leads to victory.
It feels different this time.
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