Gary Lineker urges Man Utd to bring back their former midfielder, claiming he’s the perfect fit for Ruben Amorim’s system
Gary Lineker argues that Manchester United’s current woes could be solved by signing Napoli’s Scott McTominay, calling him the missing piece they need.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The BBC pundit highlighted the player’s physicality and attacking threat, suggesting he’d flourish under Amorim’s management.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Manchester United’s ability to book pure profit on their homegrown talent was pivotal in securing his £25 million ($34m) transfer last summer. Yet Amorim’s arrival might have changed that outcome – the Portuguese manager appears dissatisfied with his current midfield options, with Bruno Fernandes standing alone as this season’s consistent Premier League performer. Meanwhile, McTominay has flourished in Serie A, playing a key role in Napoli’s mounting title challenge.
WHAT LINEKER SAID
“Scott McTominay, scored two more goals, one of them a beauty, for Napoli at the beginning of the week. It’s remarkable how well some of the [former] United players are doing,” Lineker said on his podcast The Rest Is Football. “McTominay is exactly the player, I would say, that would work in an Amorim system. He’s what they need. And I know they were forced to sell him because of this PSR and he’s a local lad, which we all think is a nonsensical and a ridiculous feature of this particular rule.”
WHAT NEXT FOR MCTOMINAY?
McTominay’s dynamic attacking contributions this season have been instrumental in Napoli’s title push, with the club now neck-and-neck with Inter—Champions League semifinalists—at the Serie A summit. Should the ex-United star clinch a major league trophy in his debut campaign abroad, it wouldn’t merely elevate his reputation—it would also cast an unforgiving spotlight on the disarray back at Old Trafford.
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