Some things feel inevitable, and the rise of Elisabeth Terland at Manchester United feels like one of them.
The striker arrived in the summer of 2024, and to some acclaim too, after a breakthrough season in which she scored 13 Women’s Super League goals for her former club, Brighton & Hove Albion. Only Manchester City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw managed to better that total.
And though Terland’s start to life at Leigh Sports Village was slow to come to the boil, oh, how it’s bubbling now. The Norwegian is arguably the most in-form forward in the league, with seven goal involvements in her last six league games – including a remarkable hat-trick of assists in that famous derby win away at the Etihad Stadium.