Wes Brown backs Tom Lawrence to play a Pique blinder for Rangers after putting Man United exit behind him
dailyrecord.co.ukAs a kid, Tom Lawrence aspired to play a starring role at the Theatre of Dreams - only to have hopes dashed as he was made to exit stage left.
Of course, he’s not the only Manchester United youngster who discovered shifting the headline acts from the Old Trafford set was easier said than done.
Wes Brown remembers having future World Cup-winner Gerard Pique as a team-mate. He’d later prove to be a box-office hit in Barcelona, helping the Catalan kings to lift three Champions League titles and nine La Liga crowns.But in his early days at United, the classy centre-back was left to portray a figure of frustration after being cast as understudy to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.
Lawrence’s failure to upstage the likes of Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs in the end meant he was also forced to leave a club he’d joined at the age of seven, bowing out having managed just one solitary first-team appearance.But Brown is delighted to see there’s been a successful second act for the Welshman’s career, with big performances for Leicester and Derby leading him now to his current key role at Rangers.And he reckons the grounding provided by Lawrence’s Old Trafford education will ensure he stays in character as Philippe Clement’s men aim to bring the curtain down on this season’s Treble charge.
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