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- The Sun
‘One of the biggest mistakes in football' – Ex-Man Utd coach slams club for transfer decision ‘everyone at club regrets'
MANCHESTER UNITED made one of the "biggest mistakes in football" by selling Scott McTominay, a former Red Devils coach has claimed. The Scotland international's near-life-long love affair with the Old Trafford club came to an end last August when he joined Napoli for a fee of £27.5million. 4 4 4 The midfielder's departure, which was in part to help balance the books, wasn't lamented in the slightest as he wasn't a guaranteed name in the starting XI. McTominay, however, has flourished since leaving the Theatre of Dreams and helped guide Napoli to last season's Serie A title. He scored 12 goals in 34 league appearances for the Neopolitans and was named Serie's Most Valuable Player of the season. Many connected with United have since cursed McTominay's departure, including former coach Benni McCarthy. The South African told "Of course, there are different reasons why you sell homegrown players sometimes. "When they go, the profit lets you sign more players. "Having said that, it was one of the biggest mistakes in football to let him leave. He was born to play for United. "Maybe he wasn't the most technical, but he had fight, and I think it's what they will get back with Matheus Cunha. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS 4 "Scotty was a player that you look for in a dressing room to get you where you want to be. "To let him go for what was a small transfer fee was a big shame. I think everyone at the club regrets that decision." McTominay's impressive debut season at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium has seen him immortalised by Napoli fans. An incredible shrine to the midfielder has been painted on the graffiti-filled San Nicola a Nilo street in the heart of Naples' Decumani district. McTominay wrote his name into Napoli's history books in May by helping them clinch their fourth Scudetto with a stunning bicycle kick in their 2-0 win over Cagliari, which saw them pip Inter Milan to the title by a solitary point.
Daily Mirror
23 minutes ago
- Daily Mirror
England facing up to new reality as Sarina Wiegman's key challenge identified
European Championship holders England will begin their title defence against France on Saturday and manager Sarina Wiegman will be tasked with ensuring her squad is ready England need to adapt to being the hunted rather than the hunters after their transformation under Sarina Wiegman, according to former Lionesses goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis. Wiegman's team go their Euro 2025 opener against France as one of the pre-tournament favourites, and with good reason. Wiegman took England all the way in 2022, winning the Euros on home soil. One year later, at the World Cup, only Spain prevented the team from adding another major trophy to the cabinet. The situation has brought a new reality, and one to which Wiegman and her squad need to be accustomed. Even France - themselves one of the pre-tournament favourites - will recognise how big a deal it will be to get the better of the holders in Zurich on Saturday. "I think there's been a period of time where England have been the hunters, during my era, to have switched that to being the hunted," BBC commentator Brown-Finnis told Mirror Football. "The majority of teams would see it as a huge scalp to get something from a game against England nowadays, and certainly to beat England, and that includes the likes of France and the Netherlands. "Based on rankings, based on tournament predictions, England - probably bar Spain - go into it as favourites. Yes they are holders of the title and that is a unique situation, but that will have been something that's been discussed over these past 12 months if not before with Sarina Wiegman, knowing what was coming in the future." England finished a point behind France in qualifying, but the two teams exchanged wins during qualifying. Both will start afresh in Zurich, though, and England will do so off the back of a 7-0 win over Jamaica in their final warm-up game, and Brown-Finnis believes Wiegman's squad will be well aware of what's required of them after losing some senior stars in the lead-up to the tournament. "Like anything, if a new situation is discussed, it's almost put to rest, how you're going to feel," she added. "You've been through it with your brain, you've explored those emotions of how you feel, and I think Sarina Wiegman and the staff are very accomplished at pre-empting pressure, pre-empting scenarios and situations, and they'll have run through those situations. "They'll have talked about them, they'll have mentally been able to put players in that place so that when it comes to matchday one against France, they'll have already been there and done it in their minds. And so it takes a percentage of the edge off, [takes the] additional thought process or pressure out of it. "And I think that's a huge step and a huge change in our psyche as England women's players, and that has come with the success that's underneath. But it's been in the ascendancy pre-Sarina Wiegman. Getting to semi-finals and then finally getting to a European Championship final and winning it. "Yes of course that's a new situation, but not for her. because she's been there and done it with the Netherlands and knows what it feels like to be the hunted, knows what it feels like to go and be the team that everybody wants to beat. So I think if we have any manager who's capable of helping the players deal with that situation we have the best one in the world." Women's Euro 2025 is on the BBC with matches available to watch live on BBC One, Two & iPlayer, or listen to on BBC Radio 5 Live & Sounds.
The Sun
26 minutes ago
- The Sun
Man Utd transfer news LIVE: United ‘step up Watkins interest', Sancho's ‘price tag revealed', Mbeumo latest
United target seals Juve move Jonathan David has sealed a move to Juventus, according to Fabrizio Romano. Canadian David, who has long been linked with a switch to Man Utd, has reportedly agreed to join Italian giants Juve following the expiration of his deal at Lille. David, 25, is heading to Turin for a medical this Friday after agreeing a long-term deal. The news is a blow to Man Utd who continue to weigh up their options for a new centre-forward, with Viktor Gyokeres and Ollie Watkins both being rumoured recently.
