Scott McTominay will leave Manchester United for SSC Napoli.
Fabrizio Romano, a reporter familiar with European soccer news, reported on the 25th (Korea time) that “With McTominay’s transfer to Naples, Manuel Ugarte is ready to complete the transfer to Manchester United. Napoli is close to finalizing the deal, with 30 million euros (about 44.5 billion won) in final details.”
“Ugarte only wants Manchester United, and he’s ready to head to England. McTominay is now ready to take the green light from Napoli. It’s almost done,” he added.
McTominay is a midfielder dubbed Manchester United’s sexual youth. He started playing soccer at the age of five at the Manchester United Academy, achieved steady growth, and achieved his dream by making his professional debut in the 2016-17 season. McTominay is famous for keeping only Old Trafford without ever leaving on loan.
He also named Park Ji-sung as his idol and made his name known to Korean fans. For this reason, he preferred No. 13, but it was known that he played with No. 39 as the third No. 13 because Lee Grant had it at the time.
McTominay, like Park, is loved by fans through gritty play. McTominay, like Park Ji-sung, is also an athlete who energizes the team by exerting energy. However, there is also a fatal drawback. McTominay is rather rugged. He often makes mistakes in kick accuracy and judgment, and lacks ball touch.
The team lost ground in the starting lineup. Coach Erik ten Hag hired Casemiro to resolve the issue of his third term and gradually lost the starting position to Casemiro. With the emergence of Kobe Mainu last season, he lost competitiveness in the central midfielder position.
However, Coach Ten Hag has started to use McTominay for other purposes. As the team started deploying McTominay at the second line, instead of at the third line, the team used McTominay aggressively. McTominay used his tall stature to enter the penalty box more frequently and even scored a point. As a result, McTominay scored seven goals and one assist last season. 스포츠토토
However, Manchester United planned to sell it this summer. Fulham sent a love call at the beginning of the transfer market, but negotiations broke down as no agreement was reached on the transfer fee. He was called by Antonio Conte’s Napoli in the final week of the transfer market.
Manchester United sold McTominay for an unexpectedly large transfer fee. David Onstein, a reporter for the British “The Athletic,” said, “Manchester United has a 30 million euro transfer fee and will receive a portion of the sales revenue from Napoli in the future.” This is higher than the 22 million euros (about 32.5 billion won) transfer fee for Lee Kang-in, who left Mallorca last summer and wore a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) uniform.
If McTominay is to be sold, Manchester United will immediately start recruiting Ugarte. “The possibility of signing Ugarte will be beneficial through McTominay’s transfer,” Onstein said. With the move, Manchester United plan to include Joshua Girksey, Lenny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Ugarte through the summer transfer window.