Scott McTominay set to win Footballer of the Year

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 30 Apr 2025 09:03 CDT
• 4 min read

Man Utd, look away. Scott McTominay is now the red-hot favourite to be named Serie A Footballer of the Year.

The Scotland star is enjoying a sensational end to the season that has seen him score five goals in the last three games.

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Scott McTominay

M, DM (C)

Napoli

Scott McTominay

M, DM (C)

Napoli

€39.7M

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€35.8M - €43.7M

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These heroics have catapulted Napoli to top of Serie A, three points clear of champions Inter.

With just four games to go and a kind run-in, Napoli look set for a shock Scudetto triumph under Antonio Conte.

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Napoli set for unlikely Scudetto

Conte took charge of Napoli last summer, looking to reignite an ageing squad that, having won the 2023 Scudetto under Luciano Spalletti, endured a disastrous 2023-24 campaign and finished 10th.

After being forced to lose star striker Victor Osimhen (on loan to Galatasaray) and then having to sell the club’s other superstar Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (to PSG in January without a proper replacement), few gave Napoli a prayer of launching a Scudetto challenge.

But anything is possible when Antonio Conte is your manager. Having won league titles at Juventus, Chelsea and Inter when all were coming off periods of crisis, Conte is always capable of over-performing.

And a key reason for Napoli’s title charge has been McTominay.

McTominay joined Napoli from Man Utd last summer for just €30 million and has been a revelation in Italy.

The Scotland star has now scored 11 goals (all from open play) and delivered four assists in 30 Serie A games. He has 12 goals in all competitions.

He is the highest scoring midfielder in Serie A, and only seven players in total (all attackers) have more goals this season.

The 28-year-old has formed a brilliant midfield trio with Stanislav Lobotka and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa - with Billy Gilmour also impressing in his appearances in the team, too.

McTominay has played the most advanced of the trio, proving to be a constant goal threat with his late runs into the box, his clinical finishing and his aerial threat.

The 28-year-old is already idolised in Naples and he will reach God-like status if Napoli go on and win the Scudetto.

If that happens, it’s hard to see anyone but McTominay being crowned Serie A Footballer of the Year.

He has the performances, the numbers, has delivered when it matters, and he will have the trophy also if Napoli complete the job.

In a season where few Serie A players have really stood out from the rest, McTominay has certainly shone brighter than others.

He also has more goals this season from open play than Man Utd’s entire midfield.

Former Premier League legend Paolo Di Canio famously remarked earlier this season that Man Utd's directors should be arrested for selling McTominay.

"I would go to those at Manchester United to arrest all the directors – how can you give away McTominay?," he said back in October.

United are enduring a disastrous season without McTominay.

They are currently 14th in the Premier League and their only hope of qualifying for Europe is by winning the Europa League.

How they must regret selling McTominay.