Antonio Conte sends message to Manchester United over Scott McTominay impact at Napoli
Scott McTominay has scored 11 goals in Serie A this season (Shutterstock) Antonio Conte believes Scott McTominay’s rise at Napoli this season is because he was not given a ‘main role’ at Manchester United. McTominay was signed by Napoli in a £25.7 million deal from United last summer and the Scotland international has been an immediate hit in Serie A. The 28-year-old has 11 goals and two assists in Serie A this season, while Napoli sit three points clear of Inter at the top of the table. McTominay is also on the shortlist to win Serie A’s Player of the Month award for April having scored five goals in four games. Before his sacking, Erik ten Hag bemoaned United’s decision to sell McTominay and claimed the club were ‘forced to make a decision’ due to concerns over breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules. Get personalised updates on Manchester United every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you. McTominay scored seven Premier League goals in his final season under Ten hag at United but had struggled to establish his best midfield role since making his first-team breakthrough in 2017. Antonio Conte says Scott McTominay was not given a ‘main role’ at Manchester United (Napoli) And Conte believes McTominay is now thriving due to the midfield position he has taken up at Napoli. ‘I’ve always said that you have to find solutions in the search for goals,’ Conte said on Friday. ‘When there is this type of situation you have to find a cooperative and tactical solutions, even for improvement. ‘I think McTominay is stronger today than when he arrived from United. Here he has grown a lot. ‘I think that he himself feels stronger, with more knowledge, that he is also reaching an important stage of his age to understand where to go in his career because up to now he has been in the middle, he has never had a main role at United that instead we have given him here, he has grown a lot by working, today he is complete. ‘But the improvement that he has had, everyone has had, otherwise it becomes difficult to explain why today we have 74 points.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Antonio Conte believes Scott McTominay’s rise at Napoli this season is because he was not given a ‘main role’ at Manchester United.
McTominay was signed by Napoli in a £25.7 million deal from United last summer and the Scotland international has been an immediate hit in Serie A.
The 28-year-old has 11 goals and two assists in Serie A this season, while Napoli sit three points clear of Inter at the top of the table.
McTominay is also on the shortlist to win Serie A’s Player of the Month award for April having scored five goals in four games.
Before his sacking, Erik ten Hag bemoaned United’s decision to sell McTominay and claimed the club were ‘forced to make a decision’ due to concerns over breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules.
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McTominay scored seven Premier League goals in his final season under Ten hag at United but had struggled to establish his best midfield role since making his first-team breakthrough in 2017.
And Conte believes McTominay is now thriving due to the midfield position he has taken up at Napoli.
‘I’ve always said that you have to find solutions in the search for goals,’ Conte said on Friday.
‘When there is this type of situation you have to find a cooperative and tactical solutions, even for improvement.
‘I think McTominay is stronger today than when he arrived from United. Here he has grown a lot.
‘I think that he himself feels stronger, with more knowledge, that he is also reaching an important stage of his age to understand where to go in his career because up to now he has been in the middle, he has never had a main role at United that instead we have given him here, he has grown a lot by working, today he is complete.
‘But the improvement that he has had, everyone has had, otherwise it becomes difficult to explain why today we have 74 points.’
For more stories like this, check our sport page.
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