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8 October 2026 at 16:33•3 min read
Wiegman praises Toone’s attitude after late Lionesses recall for Greece.
Wiegman praises Toone’s attitude after late Lionesses.
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Manchester United midfielder was left out of initial squad First leg of World Cup playoff is on Friday in Crete Sarina Wiegman heaped praise on Ella Toone for her positive reaction to being left out of England’s initial squad for their Women’s World Cup playoff against Greece, after recalling the Manchester United midfielder for Friday’s first leg in Heraklion, Crete.
An injury sustained by Lucy Bronze, described by Wiegman as “really small”, prompted the England right-back to return to Chelsea and Wiegman called up Toone, who travelled to Greece on Friday from Spain, where she had organised a training routine during the international window. Ella Toone has replaced Lucy Bronze in the England squad.
Photograph: Harriet Lander/The FA/Getty ImagesEngland women's football teamWiegman praises Toone’s attitude after late Lionesses recall for Greece playoff Manchester United midfielder was left out of initial squad Sarina Wiegman heaped praise on Ella Toone for her positive reaction to being left out of England’s initial squad for their Women’s World Cup playoff against Greece, after recalling the Manchester United midfielder for Friday’s first leg in Heraklion, Crete.
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An injury sustained by Lucy Bronze, described by Wiegman as “really small”, prompted the England right-back to return to Chelsea and Wiegman called up Toone, who travelled to Greece from Spain, where she had organised a training routine during the international window.
Toone has 69 caps and has scored 24 goals, including in the Euro 2022 final and 2023 World Cup semi-final, but Wiegman said when naming her squad that she had left out Toone and Chloe Kelly because “the levels weren’t what I expect from them on the pitch”.
On Saturday, after starting Manchester United’s victory over Liverpool, Toone took ownership of things, telling the BBC: “It’s about me now. ” Wiegman, asked whether she had been impressed with Toone’s response, said: “Yes, very much. I think when I gave her the call, of course that was a hard call. But she took that straight away.
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” The head coach referenced Toone’s post-match comments when she said: “That answer in the game, also the way she spoke about it, I thought that was really good. And then getting everything ready to go to Spain instead, but go for training there, I think that really impressed me.
” That will be music to the ears of Toone, whose experience is also understood to have been a factor in Wiegman picking her rather than a replacement right-back. She could feature on Friday, when the European champions will hope to build a strong first-leg lead before Tuesday’s reverse fixture in Leicester.
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