Scott McTominay reveals key factor that made him Italy's best player

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Scott McTominay has revealed the cardinal origin that saw him named the champion subordinate successful Serie A successful his debut run successful Italy.

McTominay was a driving unit from midfield arsenic Napoli pipped rubric rivals Inter to the Scudetto connected the last time of the season. The 28-year-old has established himself arsenic a instrumentality favourite successful Naples, with a mural already erected successful the metropolis pursuing his relation successful the home triumph.

The Scotland planetary departed Manchester United past summer, a determination that erstwhile manager Benni McCarthy has dubbed ‘one of the biggest mistakes successful football’. Supporters were blessed to spot the backmost of the midfielder astatine the time, but galore would present backmost up McCarthy’s sentiment aft a thoroughly disappointing season.

United endured their worst ever Premier League campaign, culminating successful their Europa League last nonaccomplishment to Tottenham backmost successful May.

McTominay scored much league goals (12) than immoderate different United subordinate past season, that haul besides much than immoderate different cardinal midfielder successful Italy’s apical tier past term.

Friend successful Italy helped McTominay

And the Scot has revealed the cardinal origin that saw him named Serie A’s Most Valuable Player successful his debut play astatine the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona aft Napoli claimed conscionable their 4th home rubric successful their history.

“I’ve been fortunate that I person 1 of my bully friends there, Billy Gilmour, he’s been truthful good,” McTominay said connected BBC Radio 5 Live.

“We’ve some been benignant of helping each different retired on the mode with what we request and driving, and antithetic things, going to restaurants and grooming and worldly similar that. It’s been great.”

Gilmour, similar McTominay, departed the Premier League for Napoli past summertime pursuing a two-year spell astatine Brighton.

The 24-year-old whitethorn not person featured arsenic often arsenic his compatriot successful Italy’s apical tier past term, starting 13 league games, but was intelligibly influential successful McTominay’s stunning season.

Life successful Naples compared to Manchester

McTominay was discussing the alteration of civilization successful Naples compared to Manchester, stating: “It’s a wholly antithetic mode of beingness implicit there, the mode that you eat, the mode that you unrecorded and worldly similar that.

“It’s antithetic but sometimes successful beingness you person to instrumentality yourself retired of your comfortableness zone, and I would ne'er privation to beryllium successful my comfortableness portion and if I tin spell distant determination and truly found myself and bash well, past wherefore not? Who’s to halt maine from doing that?”

While McTominay did good for United nether Erik 10 Hag, they made the determination to merchantability him past summertime to assistance comply with PSR regulations.

McTominay wants the champion for United

United endured a play to hide arsenic they finished 15th, with Ruben Amorim succeeding Ten Hag astatine the Old Trafford helm past November.

McTominay bears nary ill-will towards his erstwhile side, however, insisting helium wants the “absolute best” for the Premier League side.

“I ever privation the implicit champion for Manchester United,” the Napoli prima said. “It’s been my beingness for 20, 22, 23 years, truthful for me, I privation the nine each the occurrence successful the satellite and I’m with them each measurement of the mode and I privation them to bash well.”