Wayne Rooney urges Man Utd to re-sign Scott McTominay

Wayne Rooney has urged Manchester United to bring back Scott McTominay, saying he was bewildered when the club sanctioned the midfielder’s £26 million move to Napoli two years ago after McTominay’s transformation into a goalscoring threat. McTominay enjoyed a Scudetto-winning debut season in Italy and has become a talismanic figure for both club and country.

Rooney, who briefly shared the pitch with a teenage McTominay for 94 minutes across two Premier League fixtures in May 2017, argued United now lack his relentless work ethic. Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, he said: "I couldn’t believe Man United let him go when they did because he obviously works extremely hard.

And at the time they let him go, he was actually one of the players who you wanted on the pitch every week because you felt like players weren’t working or weren’t giving the best and he was impactful. He was playing in a more advanced role and he was scoring important goals.

Italy, Napoli

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