Well, that was unexpected.
When we heard United’s quickest player might come as a bit of a surprise, we thought we had covered all the hipster alternatives.
‘Ah, sure it’s probably Mata, Valencia, someone like that.’ Someone just not the complete obvious choice but someone you’d have a fair idea can shift nonetheless.
Hands up, none of us guessed this one and we’d bet good money that none of you did either.
In a Q&A for ManUtd.com, James Wilson shocked us all when he told us who the fasted player in Louis van Gaal’s squad was.
Chris Smalling.
Chris bloody Smalling.
“We wear GPS tracking devices in training and they tell you how far you have run and how fast,” the United attacker explained. “Obviously there are players like Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, myself and a few others, but going on stats it is probably Chris Smalling. That is maybe not who you would think! But Chris has got a pretty good speed.”
At least Wilson knows the craic. It definitely isn’t who you would think.
