Ivan Toney's tap-in was enough to guide Al-Ahli to a 1-0 victory over Al-Okhdood on Saturday, lifting Matthias Jaissle's side to fourth in the Saudi Pro League. Toney stroked home in the 58th minute to decide a tight contest at the Prince Hathloul Bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium, as Al-Ahli made it three consecutive victories. The former Brentford talisman could not miss when he was teed up by Ziyad Al Johani's cutback from just beyond the left post,
The Red Devils have been under new ownership for almost two years now since Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took sporting control at Old Trafford. This has generally seen Man Utd move more towards signing young players for the long-term instead of splashing the cash on big names, which ended up being a pretty unsuccessful strategy for much of the decade that followed Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.
"He has all the makings of a Ballon d'Or winner," said Planes (h/t MARCA), who had played a key role in convincing Barcelona to sign the player from Las Palmas. Since then, the midfielder has appeared in 221 competitive matches for Barcelona, even recently breaking Lionel Messi's record for being the youngest ever Barcelona player to make 150 La Liga appearances for the club.