‘Doesn’t sit well’: Man United slammed for agreeing to sell Scott McTominay

Manchester United have been criticized for agreeing to sell Scott McTominay to Napoli this summer transfer.

United have agreed a £26m fee for the midfielder as they look to bring in PSG’s Manuel Ugarte as his replacement. McTominay has spent his entire club career to date at Old Trafford and it’s set to be a new adventure for the 27-year-old.

However, United legend Ferdinand has insisted that McTominay’s imminent departure from Old Trafford ‘doesn’t sit well’ with him.

Speaking on his Rio Presents show, Ferdinand stated: ‘I look at Scott McTominay and like not every player can be a star standout player or a franchise player.

‘I always say this, to win the league you need the likes of a John O’Shea, a Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Chicharito, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from when we were at United.

‘Or you need the likes of Alvarez when he was at City who can come in, like last season Jeremy Doku was coming in and impacting games even though not necessarily always starting all the games.

‘Those players are huge, you need those players and they understand the DNA especially the ones who come through the academy, Man United have always stood by that. It really doesn’t sit well with me, to replace him you are going to have to spend, 30,40,£50m pounds and it’s not going to be cheap to replace him.

‘It’s a gamble, you don’t know what you’re going to get with that next player, whereas with him you know what you’re getting, it’s on him, he turns up when he’s playing, might not always be an eight or nine out of ten but he is a good seven and everyone knows and then he will be an eight and get you a goal,’ he added.

McTominay was handed his first-team debut during Jose Mourinho’s managerial reign and has gone on to become a trusted midfield asset under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik ten Hag.