Scott McTominay makes complaint about breaking into Manchester United's first-team

Scott McTominay felt he was "misprofiled" when he broke into Manchester United's first-team.

McTominay was given his senior debut by Jose Mourinho in 2017, but he truly established himself in the first-team under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who predominantly played him alongside Fred.

The partnership between McTominay and Fred in the double pivot was dubbed 'McFred' and they were both regular starters during Solskjaer's reign. However, McTominay played in a more advanced midfield role during Erik ten Hag's tenure and he demonstrated his knack for scoring goals.

McTominay scored 10 goals in all competitions last term and single-handedly won points for United, but he was restricted to 18 Premier League starts and left for Napoli last summer.

United received a fixed fee of €30.5million (£25.7m) for McTominay and he's been a huge success in Naples, starring for Antonio Conte's side as they challenge Inter Milan for the Scudetto.

Speaking to The Athletic, McTominay reflected on his time in Manchester and he explained that he was misprofiled as a deep-lying midfielder when he first broke into the first-team.

“When I got into the first team, I was quite misprofiled in where I was playing,” he said. “It wasn’t the fault of any coaches. My strengths have always been getting into the box, scoring goals, being a problem in there.

"But I was being used as a No 6, or as a centre-back, and that has never really been my game. But when you’re playing for Manchester United and you’re 20, you can’t knock on the manager’s door and say that you expect to be playing at No 8 ahead of Paul Pogba. It’s not realistic.

"You have to know your place, and do what you’re asked to do. In the last few seasons, I began to get into the box a bit more, to