Erik ten Hag bemoans sale of Manchester United star: ‘I didn’t want this’

Erik 10 Hag remains frustrated that Manchester United sold Scott Mctominay implicit the summer, with the midfielder moving to Napoli against his will.

The midfielder moved to Serie A successful a determination worthy conscionable implicit £25m and has made a large commencement to beingness successful Italy.

The 27-year-old has already scored his archetypal league extremity for the nine and Antonio Conte’s broadside beryllium apical of the Serie A array aft 7 matches.

In contrast, Manchester United person had a nightmare commencement to the Premeir League play and spell into this play 14th successful the table.

Ten Hag admits that helium wanted McTominay to enactment with the Red Devils implicit the summertime and feels the nine were forced into the merchantability to conscionable ‘bad’ nett and sustainability requirements.

‘I’m precise blessed for Scott,’ said the Dutchman. ‘As I said, erstwhile helium left, I didn’t privation this but that’s the rules the nine had to woody with.

‘The rules are, I would adjacent say, bad, but that’s the concern created. It forced america to marque this decision.’

Ten Hag has not changed his tune from erstwhile McTominay near the club, erstwhile helium said: ‘It’s mixed [feelings] due to the fact that I would person preferred not to suffer him. He has Manchester United successful his veins.

‘He was truthful important for our team, helium was astatine Manchester United for implicit 22 years. But unfortunately, it’s the rules. You person to sermon the rules to bash income and evidently homegrown players, academy players, bring much value. It’s not the close happening to bash but for everyone, for each parts, it’s a bully deal. For Scott, helium is blessed with it. Of course, for Napoli, a precise bully subordinate but besides for us.’

McTominay appears to beryllium enjoying beingness successful his caller surroundings, telling nine media erstwhile helium joined Napoli: ‘Happiness is the champion happening successful life, and that is the lone happening I ore on: effort to beryllium happy, with my family, my friends, my woman … erstwhile you person a grin connected your look you play amended astatine shot arsenic well.’

The Scotland planetary opened the scoring successful a 3-1 triumph implicit Como successful Napoli’s past outing and Gianfranco Zola, a erstwhile prima with the club, cannot judge Manchester United fto him go.

‘I’m precise surprised,’ Zola said connected Wednesday. ‘I could not judge that Manchester United released him, to beryllium honest.

‘I don’t truly cognize what’s the crushed but evidently for Napoli it’s been a large deal.

‘I deliberation everybody loves him truthful far, he’s scored goals, performed precise well, helium near maine a small spot dazzled, to beryllium honest, I didn’t expect that. Obviously it’s a large happening for Italian football, he’s doing precise well.’

Premier League fable Alan Shearer feels McTominay making the determination to Italy was intelligibly a astute determination for him.

‘It was a omniscient determination for Scott McTominay to determination countries and acquisition thing different, not lone connected a shot transportation but successful beingness arsenic well,’ Shearer told Betfair.

‘I wonderment what McTominay thinks, looking backmost astatine what Man United are doing this play – oregon alternatively what they are not doing successful presumption of performances connected the pitch.

‘Scott volition look astatine himself and deliberation he’s made the close determination due to the fact that it looks arsenic if the determination to Napoli is going good for him.

‘He’s already scored a mates of goals, he’s processing a bully narration with Romelu Lukaku, and it looks similar he’s enjoying it truthful from his constituent of view, he’s intelligibly made the close determination to permission Manchester United.’

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