Scott McTominay ranked fifth in the WORLD on prestigious list – ahead of every former Man Utd team-mate
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NAPOLI midfielder Scott McTominay is in the top five most influential players in his position in world football.
That's according to the latest CIES Football Observatory report, which monitors 60 leagues around the world.
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Scott McTominay with stunning scissor kick against Cagliari
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McTominay is ahead of Arsenal's Martin Odegaard
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McTominay is in the top five alongside Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham
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The 28-year-old has had a remarkable first season in Italy, helping to fire Napoli to their fourth scudetto and winning the league's Most Valuable Player award.
Few would have imagined he would have achieved this level of success last summer, when he was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester United and joined Napoli in a £25 million deal.
And this index score from the CIES perhaps just underlines his impressive statistics.
Each score a player receives is based on six performance areas including: aerial play, defence, distribution, take on, chance creation and finishing.
The amount of minutes played and results are also taken into consideration.
McTominay has an index score of 88.1, putting him in the top five attacking midfielders.
That means he is rubbing shoulders with the likes of Liverpool target Florian Wirtz of Bayer Leverkusen. The 22-year-old comes out on top with a score of 93.6.
Chelsea's Cole Palmer is second on 92.4; Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham is third on 90.0; and Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala is fourth on 89.6.
McTominay is ahead of the likes of Arsenal's Martin Odegaard (84.8); Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (85.1) and his potential future team-mate Kevin De Bruyne (81.1) who is linked with a move to Antonio Conte's side.
Scott McTominay dances with old fan while puffing on cigarette as never-ending Napoli title party continues
McTominay eclipsed all of his former Man Utd team-mates. Infact, Bruno Fernandes (81.0) is the only United player who makes the list of 300, highlighting how poor the English Premier League outfit have been this season.
Of the six categories, McTominay's best attribute is his finishing but he also scores very well in his aerial play - the top three in the category of 50 players.
Liverpool's Mo Salah recorded the highest score overall (100), with Barcelona's teenage star Lamine Yamal (99.6) coming second.
Liverpool and former Celtic defender Virgil Van Dijk came out on top in defence, and Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, who looks like he on his way to Real Madrid, is first in the wing-back category.
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe is the top forward, with a score of 92.3. The French star has 31 goals in 34 games in La Liga this season but missed out on the title to rivals Barcelona.
He edges out Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres (89.2) who has had a fantastic campaign in Portugal, with 39 goals in 33 league games. The Swede has been strongly linked with Arsenal.
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