Ex-Premier League duo now urging their club to pursue Man Utd outcast in Jan, he’d be a ‘great signing’

Scott McTominay and Kevin De Bruyne have approved their club’s potential move for Kobbie Mainoo, suggesting he’d be a ‘great signing’ in January.The pair, once arch-rivals when representing each side of the Manchester derby, are now plying their trade together with league leaders Napoli, albeit De Bruyne has just suffered a lengthy layoff after sustaining a hamstring injury.Napoli sizing up mid-season Kobbie Mainoo swoop(Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)Such a setback to one of Antonio Conte’s key men is said to have prompted the board to revive their interest in Mainoo when the window reopens, as per The Mirror.Napoli held talks with the Manchester United star in the final days of the summer window after reports claimed Mainoo had requested a late loan move away.It came in the aftermath of him being an unused substitute for the opening two fixtures of the Premier League campaign, but the club intervened to block his departure, instead informing him he was expected to stay and fight for a role.Why Mainoo is eyeing an Old Trafford exit in January(Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)While he’s since featured seven times off the bench, he has still yet to make a league start, and was once again left watching on from the sidelines for Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest.The situation hasn’t gone unnoticed by the key decision-makers in Naples, who are now plotting how they can offer the 20-year-old an exit route away from his Old Trafford struggles.Game time is absolutely essential for Mainoo if he has any chance of making Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup squad next year.He has earned 10 caps for his nation thus far and experienced his first major tournament when playing at Euro 2024, but he hasn’t been called up by Tuchel since the coach succeeded Gareth Southgate last October.