- McTominay performed for United for greater than 20 years earlier than leaving in summer season
- He has shone with Napoli whereas United proceed to wrestle in entrance of purpose
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Former Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay now has extra league targets this season than Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee mixed, it may be revealed.
McTominay spent greater than twenty years enjoying for United from the academy to the primary staff, making greater than 250 appearances earlier than leaving his boyhood membership for Italy in the summertime.
The 28-year-old joined Napoli in a £25.7million deal within the switch window, and has taken to life there like a duck to water. Given license to roam from midfield, he has netted seven occasions in 23 video games in all competitions.
His strike in opposition to Udinese in Serie A on Sunday took his league complete for the season to 6 – targets United may do with proper now. Ruben Amorim continues to seek for an answer to his staff’s purpose scoring issues, however stays but to search out one.
Hojlund and Zirkzee have struggled for type in United colors. The previous arrived in a £72million deal in summer season 2023, scoring 23 occasions in 74 video games since, whereas Zirkzee has discovered the online 5 occasions in 36 video games since his summer season arrival.
On the subject of league motion, in the meantime, McTominay is, this 12 months, clear. Zirkzee has three Premier League strikes to his title, whereas Hojlund has two this season – a clumsy search for United.
Former Manchester United midfielder Scot McTominay (left) is having fun with success in Serie A
He has scored extra league targets this season than Rasmus Hojlund (left) and Joshua Zirkzee (proper) mixed
United boss Ruben Amorim continues to hunt for options to his facet’s goalscoring issues
After beginning the season injured, Hojlund discovered the again of the online in his second begin of the marketing campaign within the league. The Dane netted the winner within the 2-1 win over Brentford in October after Ethan Pinnock had cancelled out Alejandro Garnacho’s opener.
He was trusted to start out video games by Erik ten Hag, after which Amorim, however struggled in entrance of purpose. His strike within the 3-2 defeat by Nottingham Forest was a comfort, and he hasn’t scored within the 9 video games since.
Zirkzee, in the meantime, received off to a flyer after his £36.5m arrival in the summertime, netting the Pink Devils’ solely purpose of their 1-0 opening day win over Fulham.
He then, nevertheless, did not rating for 11 extra video games till a brace versus Everton at first of December – and he hasn’t scored since.
Amorim has gone so far as making an attempt Kobbie Mainoo up entrance to discover a resolution – enjoying an academy-graduate midfielder there as an alternative of over £100m value of strikers. McTominay, sarcastically, can also be an academy graduate midfielder.
The Scot finds himself in a title race and central to Antonio Conte’s system. Had United not moved him on, he may have been a key cog to what Amorim is making an attempt to do.
