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SCOTT MCTOMINAY is the quickest Manchester United player over 5km.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's competitive squad have been trying to record the fastest time over that distance during the lockdown.

 Man Utd's Scott McTominay is the squad's fastest player over 5km
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Man Utd's Scott McTominay is the squad's fastest player over 5km

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And Scotland midfielder McTominay has shown he has the speed and stamina in the engine room by coming out on top.

McTominay's team-mate Dan James revealed: “A lot of the boys are going outside, doing runs and sending them in. It's a competition to get the best 5k time.

”It's been good, nice and competitive still.

“Scott is winning at the moment and I don't think anyone is going to top it.”

James did not reveal how fast team-mate McTominay completed his 5,000m, but a video on McTominay's Instagram showed a 5km time of 16.01.

Chelsea's Ross Barkley last week ran the distance in just 16 minutes. The 5,000m world record is 12:37 and belongs to Ethiopian track star Kenenisa Bekele.

Chelsea posted a screenshot on Twitter showing the England midfielder ran 5.2km in an incredible 16 minutes 11 seconds... an average pace of just over 3mins per kilometre.

James, 22, has been a smash hit at Old Trafford since his £15million move from Championship outfit Swansea last summer.

The rapid Welshman has scored three goals and assisted seven times in 27 Premier League games this season.

But James has no plans to rest on his laurels by doing homework while the league is suspended to become an even better player.


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James added: “The coaches are doing clips for us on stuff we have done well this season and the things that we can look at to improve as well.

”We can spend a lot of time looking back on the analysis of games. You can say homework!

“It's good to look back on the things we have done and what we can strive to do in the future.”

 

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