Scott McTominay has been linked with a switch to a huge European side.
Napoli have delivered an update on Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay’s future - amid blockbuster links to Real Madrid.
The 29-year-old has been a Serie A revelation for the Naples-based side since swapping Manchester United for Italy. He’s won the league alongside national side teammate Billy Gilmour and has been immortalised by fans with murals. He’s played over 80 times for Napoli but has recently been linked with the La Liga giants from Spain’s capital.
Jose Mourinho is manager of Real Madrid again and he was the gaffer who handed McTominay his Manchester United debut. Claims out of Italy stated earlier this month that the Bernabeu side have approached Napoli over the Scot but sporting director Giovanni Manna insists their star man wants to stay at his club.
Scott McTominay transfer links addressed
Manna told Sky Italy: “We’re working on it. He has a two-year contract, he wants to stay and we want him to stay too. We hope to find a solution that makes both us and the player happy. He’s an important player for us, probably the most important player we have given what he’s achieved over the last two years.”
McTominay made one final step in his comeback from recent heart surgery when starting for Napoli in Tuesday’s 3-1 defeat to Villarreal in the league phase of the Champions League. It was his first start in 45 days after undergoing an operation shortly after routine medical tests diagnosed him with a mild, benign cardiac arrhythmia.
Boss Massimiliano Allegri said: "It has become almost a disgrace to know how to defend, which does not necessarily mean doing it near your own goal. But if you then concede in midfield and do not score at the front... In Champions League, the others make few technical mistakes, there must be greater defensive attention even if defensively we did quite well, but we allowed many shots from outside. We need to improve on this type of defensive impact.
"The characteristic of a strong team is not to fall apart or stretch out; we all individually wanted to resolve the match in the second half. Tonight, as with the Frosinone game, we made some wrong choices.
“We need to reflect because we still have the possibility of passing the round, but we needed to have more patience in managing the ball. The problem is that we suffer too much at the back; we need to have balance, because then you stretch out and concede space."