Millers’ Ollie up for chat
OLLIE RATHBONE expects a call from Scott McTominay if Rotherham can topple Sutton in today’s EFL
Trophy final at Wembley.
Millers star Rathbone is good pals with his fellow midfielder, having graduated together through Manchester United’s youth system.
“Scotty has been one of my best mates since I was 11,” revealed Rathbone.
“I used to drive to training with him when we both played for United reserves together.
“He’s a wonderful lad. He’s worked incredibly hard to get where he is now. He deserves all the accolades.
“We do keep in touch. For that type of friendship we don’t have to text every single day – but if I ever watch him on the TV I’ll drop him a text if he has a great game.
“And similarly if he switches on the box and sees me playing for Rotherham that week he’ll give me a call for a chat. There’s a lot of mutual respect.
“I came through with him and Marcus Rashford at the club. That’s probably been the most successful group of players from the Academy for a while.
“Marcus was the year below with Axel Tuanzebe and Timothy Fosu-Mensah, while me, Scott and Dean Henderson were in the same age group.”
Rathbone, like many gifted young United stars, was forced to leave Old Trafford in search of regular football. Now he’s in the hunt for a big double – the first trophy of his career today, and then promotion to the Championship.
The 25-year-old said: “Lots of players go their whole careers without getting to Wembley.
“We definitely won’t be taking League Two Sutton lightly, especially with the amount of cup upsets you get these days,”