Manchester United’s new signing on her ‘relentless mentality’ and finding her voice in the fight for racial justice
For most, having to quarantine has wrecked holidays and complicated work. However, for the US forward Christen Press there have been a “tonne of advantages” to the period of isolation the two-times World Cup winner and her international teammate Tobin Heath have had to face on their arrival at Manchester United.
“To be able to emotionally adjust and prepare, to be able to eat English food and get used to it, to sleep on the time zone,” says the infectiously smiley Press. “I actually felt going into my first training session, which was a few days ago, that I was much more prepared than I would have been if I had got off a flight the day before.“
