Man Utd Told They Should Have Got “£60M To £70M” For Player They Sold For LESS THAN HALF That in 2024

BACK This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. World Cup winner Marco Materazzi has accused Man Utd of making “one of the biggest transfer mistakes” ever by selling Scott McTominay to Napoli. The former Italian international believes the Red Devils should have got around “£60m to £70m” for the midfielder when they offloaded him in the summer of 2024: “I love Scott McTominay. I love him so much. When he broke through at Manchester United as a youngster, I laughed because I said to my son that even at 18 or 19, this is a player who will go on to be one of the best players in the world, and now he is one of the best.” “He is an incredible box-to-box player. I don’t understand how United sold him for nothing because his value, for me, is £60m to £70m or more, and they sold him for just £26m.” “I don’t know. Is that one of the biggest transfer mistakes we’ve ever seen? I think so, absolutely. Can Scott McTominay win the Ballon d’Or someday? It’s a nice idea because I love him as a player. But I don’t think he will be champion in the World Cup with Scotland and it’s not easy when you don’t win the biggest trophies.” McTominay has impressed since moving to Italy The 29-year-old has scored 29 goals and provided 10 assists in 73 appearances for Napoli, averaging a goal contribution every 1.87 games. In hindsight, there is no doubt that McTominay was sold for below his market value, although it is questionable whether he would have had the same impact if he had stayed at United. Serie A is MUCH weaker than the Premier League, so it could be argued that the Scotland international has simply found his level. Buy a Man United home shirt from Fanatics here Man Utd are planning to sign other midfielders There has been speculation in the past that the Red Devils could seek to bring McTominay back to Old Trafford, but there is no indication that Director of Football Jason Wilcox has him on his shortlist for this summer. The top target is believed to be Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson, with the likes of Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton, Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali and Juventus’s Khephren Thuram also under consideration. Want more news on Man Utd? Add Man U News as a preferred source on Google David Tully David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for the Football News Network.