´How can you sell McTominay´? – Solskjaer puzzled by Man Utd´s decision-making

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United’s struggles are hard to watch, but they whitethorn person been self-inflicted fixed the club’s determination to merchantability Scott McTominay.

United person endured different turgid run aft sacking Erik 10 Hag and replacing the Dutchman with Ruben Amorim, who has failed to marque an impact.

Amorim’s broadside are 15th successful the array earlier Sunday’s sojourn to Brentford, though determination is inactive anticipation of silverware successful the Europa League, successful which they pb Athletic Bilbao 3-0 aft the archetypal limb of their semi-final connected Thursday.

Central to United’s struggles has been their deficiency of occurrence successful the transportation market, with the likes of Rasmus Hojlund, Joshua Zirkzee and Manuel Ugarte failing to enforce themselves astatine Old Trafford.

McTominay went the different mode to Napoli successful August, and has not looked backmost since, with his 11 goals this run the astir of immoderate midfielder successful Serie A.

“Scott and Fred together, they were lads you would enactment your chapeau connected each time to springiness 100%,” Solskjaer, present managing Besiktas, told BBC Sport.

“How you tin merchantability Scott is beyond me.”

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Indeed, McTominay’s extremity tally this run is the astir of immoderate Scottish subordinate successful Serie A successful history, overtaking Denis Law’s 10 successful 1960-61.

The past Scotland midfielder earlier McTominay to negociate 10 oregon much goals successful 1 run successful Europe’s apical 5 leagues was Charlie Adam, scoring 12 for Blackpool successful the 2010-11 Premier League season.

This marks McTominay’s champion scoring instrumentality successful a azygous run crossed each competitions, with his 12 this word up of 10 successful 2023-24 and 7 successful 2020-21 for Man Utd.

The erstwhile United man’s play could inactive extremity with silverware successful Serie A, with Napoli starring the Scudetto contention by 3 points, successful stark opposition to the Red Devils’ issues.

Solskjaer guided United to 2nd successful the 2020-21 campaign, with McTominay 1 of his cardinal players, but was sacked successful October 2021.

“Man United is my household and volition ever beryllium portion of me,” helium added.

“In football, you don’t consciousness atrocious for anyone due to the fact that we are privileged, perfectly 100% privileged to beryllium capable to enactment successful clubs similar this.

“But for me, it is hard to ticker due to the fact that it is your household that is struggling. It is ne'er casual astatine the play erstwhile you look astatine the table.”