Scott McTominay justifies Paul Scholes comments amid Manchester United U-turn
manchestereveningnews.co.ukScott McTominay is flavour of the month at Old Trafford - but it has not always been that way. Manchester United were open to selling the Academy graduate this summer, but they - and their manager Erik ten Hag - were indebted to the previously-unfancied midfielder when he scored two dramatic stoppage-time goals to gun down Brentford at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
It sparked pandemonium in the stands, while Ten Hag gave McTominay credit in his post-match press conference. The game marked an astonishing U-turn in every sense of the phrase.
McTominay has heard it all before. Often made a scapegoat for collective failings at Old Trafford and beyond, the long-serving midfield partnership he conjured up with Fred - or McFred to give them their sometimes cruelly used nickname - had former heroes constantly ranting and rarely raving in the TV studios. ALSO READ: Ten Hag explains Casemiro substitution against Brentford ALSO READ: McTominay sends message to Ten Hag with United heroics Ironically, it was around the time United were hammered 4-0 by Brentford last season that Paul Scholes and his fellow midfield icon, Roy Keane, stuck the boot in on that modern pair.
However, the former did offer a rather more glowing assessment when addressing transfer rumours around McTominay this summer.
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