Scott McTominay reveals new Napoli nickname as he breaks 63-year Serie A record
Scott McTominay is enjoying the best goalscoring season of his career – with his latest double sending Napoli top of the Serie A table. The 28-year-old has been a revelation in Italy since departing Manchester United in a £25million deal last summer. McTominay is loving life at Napoli as he closes in on winning the Serie A titleGetty For the second home match running, McTominay bagged twice in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Torino. The result has seen Antonio Conte‘s side move three points clear of Inter Milan at the top with four games to go as they capitalised on their rivals’ 1-0 defeat to Roma. It’s now five goals in McTominay’s last three matches, having scored the winner in his side’s 1-0 victory over Monza in their previous outing. The Scotland international now boasts 12 goals in all competitions this term – two more than he has scored in any single season in his career. With 11 goals in the Italian top-flight, he has broken a 63-year Serie A record which had been held by United legend Denis Law. No other Scotsman has now scored more goals in a single Serie A campaign, with Law managing 11 for Torino in the 1962/63 season. Meanwhile, McTominay is also the first Scot to reach double figures in a single season in one of Europe’s top five leagues since Charlie Adam‘s 12-goal haul for Blackpool in 2010/11. He and teammate Billy Gilmour are now on course to be the first Scottish stars in history to lift the famous Scudetto title. It should come as no surprise that McTominay has established himself as a firm fan favourite in Naples. Fans have affectionately dubbed him as McTerminator, MacGyver and the bottle opener – for unlocking games. McTominay has scored five of Napoli’s last six Serie A goalsGetty The Scotland international is the highest scoring midfielder in Serie A this term But one nickname stands out above the rest for the midfielder – McFratm. It’s a Scottish twist on the Neopolitan word for ‘brother’, a nickname that takes pride over the others. Pressed on what is his favourite moniker in Italy, McTominay told DAZN: “McFratm is the best one! [Pasquale] Mazzocchi [teammate] would say that one.” As Napoli fans start to dream of a fourth league crown – and second in three years – McTominay is refusing to look ahead as he called on his teammates to remain fully focused on the task at hand. He remarked: “It would mean the world, obviously the squad did it two years ago. “We mustn’t get too high, as now we are leading the race, but we’ve got to keep calm, keep everything relaxed and go game by game. McTominay is well on his way to becoming a Napoli legendGetty “This game isn’t important unless we win the next and the one after that. So let’s stay calm and see where it gets us.” But Napoli know as long as McTominay is fit, he can help fire them to the title, with left-back Leonardo Spinazzola waxing lyrical over the Red Devils academy graduate. He stated: “You can see the player he is, I can only say that he is a special guy, golden, always smiling and happy, an incredible worker. We are so lucky to have him. “From the first day, we’ve been working with incredible dedication. “It’s only right to believe, to fight for this objective, because it has been such a long journey. We know how hard we worked to get here.”
Scott McTominay is enjoying the best goalscoring season of his career – with his latest double sending Napoli top of the Serie A table.
The 28-year-old has been a revelation in Italy since departing Manchester United in a £25million deal last summer.
For the second home match running, McTominay bagged twice in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Torino.
The result has seen Antonio Conte‘s side move three points clear of Inter Milan at the top with four games to go as they capitalised on their rivals’ 1-0 defeat to Roma.
It’s now five goals in McTominay’s last three matches, having scored the winner in his side’s 1-0 victory over Monza in their previous outing.
The Scotland international now boasts 12 goals in all competitions this term – two more than he has scored in any single season in his career.
With 11 goals in the Italian top-flight, he has broken a 63-year Serie A record which had been held by United legend Denis Law.
No other Scotsman has now scored more goals in a single Serie A campaign, with Law managing 11 for Torino in the 1962/63 season.
Meanwhile, McTominay is also the first Scot to reach double figures in a single season in one of Europe’s top five leagues since Charlie Adam‘s 12-goal haul for Blackpool in 2010/11.
He and teammate Billy Gilmour are now on course to be the first Scottish stars in history to lift the famous Scudetto title.
It should come as no surprise that McTominay has established himself as a firm fan favourite in Naples.
Fans have affectionately dubbed him as McTerminator, MacGyver and the bottle opener – for unlocking games.
But one nickname stands out above the rest for the midfielder – McFratm.
It’s a Scottish twist on the Neopolitan word for ‘brother’, a nickname that takes pride over the others.
Pressed on what is his favourite moniker in Italy, McTominay told DAZN: “McFratm is the best one! [Pasquale] Mazzocchi [teammate] would say that one.”
As Napoli fans start to dream of a fourth league crown – and second in three years – McTominay is refusing to look ahead as he called on his teammates to remain fully focused on the task at hand.
He remarked: “It would mean the world, obviously the squad did it two years ago.
“We mustn’t get too high, as now we are leading the race, but we’ve got to keep calm, keep everything relaxed and go game by game.
“This game isn’t important unless we win the next and the one after that. So let’s stay calm and see where it gets us.”
But Napoli know as long as McTominay is fit, he can help fire them to the title, with left-back Leonardo Spinazzola waxing lyrical over the Red Devils academy graduate.
He stated: “You can see the player he is, I can only say that he is a special guy, golden, always smiling and happy, an incredible worker. We are so lucky to have him.
“From the first day, we’ve been working with incredible dedication.
“It’s only right to believe, to fight for this objective, because it has been such a long journey. We know how hard we worked to get here.”
