Patrick Dorgu dismissed suggestions Manchester United suffered from Scott McTominay’s departure after the former Red Devils midfielder scored a decisive goal to send Scotland into the 2026 World Cup at Denmark’s expense.<\/p>\n
Denmark will have to make do with a second chance in the UFEA playoffs. Dorgu, who has never played alongside McTominay, insisted United retain sufficient quality and praised his former team-mate’s achievements in Italy. “It was a good goal but we also have enough good players at United as well. I am happy for him winning the league in Napoli,” he said to reporters at Hampden Park. “We are in a really good position at United. We will go back with confidence to help the team to get more wins.”<\/p>\n
McTominay left Manchester United for Napoli in 2024 and, according to the account, has reached new levels since the move. The draft notes he often bore the brunt of criticism toward the end of his time with the club, which lasted 22 years in total. Interest in him had surfaced earlier: West Ham United were reportedly interested in 2023 with a \u00a330 million offer that was rejected after the club sought more than \u00a340 million and then manager Erik ten Hag wanted to keep him. The Red Devils accepted a reported fee of \u00a325.7 million the following year.<\/p>\n
At Napoli, the draft records, McTominay scored 12 goals and helped the club to the Serie A title in 2024\u201325. He was named the league’s player of the year and received a nomination for the 2025 Ballon d’Or. An 18th-place finish was only marginally behind Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n
On his own adaptation to Italy, McTominay was quoted in March as saying: “It\u2019s opened my eyes to a different style of football. It\u2019s opened my eyes to a lot of different things off the pitch as well, which I\u2019m very grateful for,” and, “Whatever club you play at or if you get a transfer or something like that, you need to have open arms and look to improve.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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