Honest question: What are the top 3 clubs you think would buy McTominay if he wanted to move today?

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As per the title, just curious what people think. Either just list the top 3, or add your logic/rationale, if you want to.
 

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Hard to say, his positioning and awareness is so so bad I dont think he would fit in any well organized side. Nor has he the technique to play in a ball-playing side.

I guess having that many matches for United would get him a chance in a lower PL club, but his level might well be below that.
 

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Mctominay is not that bad as some people say. He is also on low wages. However, if we go with his current value in transfermartk, 32 mil. EUR, then only Newcastle. Now, If the value was around 15 mil. then I m sure West Ham, Everton, Leeds, Southampton etc will be all over him.
 

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Most of midtable sides would take him.
 

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If we are talking as a starter I really struggle to think if many clubs that would take him. Remember we lost practically every midfield battle last season bar a couple of games.
 

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Moyes would definitely be in for him, Palace maybe, not sure who else
 

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West Ham, Everton and one of the promoted teams would be a good shout.

Im not saying Newcastle because we would quote them 70 million straight off as revenge for the crazy price they put on one of their many Longstaffs that time.
 

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Honestly? I can't think of one other team he'd start for in the top 15 teams in the premier league.

Championship is his level at best.
 

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who do you feckin think ?
I have nothing at all against this lad, for me he has a place as a squad player which is still a vital role ala John O'Shea or Quinton. Some people seem to think that outside the first 11 everyone else should be run out of the club.
 

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If we were to sell him it would be to someone like West Ham, Everton or Newcastle. Just like Cleverley though I can see him struggling to be a regular and having to drop down to one the smaller teams after a couple of years.
 

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Probably one of the newly promoted teams

WHU have Rice
NU have money so theyll go for someone better
 

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More than many imagine. You hear nonsense about him being a championship player and stuff. I don't think he'd have to slum it at a relegation club. I think solid midtable clubs would be interested at a price. If we went over the top we wouldn't sell him.
 

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The caf will have you believe he shouldn't even be a footballer.
You're taking people a bit to serious/literal... I can't remember writing much positive about him, of course I really don't mean he should be playing in a local pub team. But I'd rather see Fred (who I rate above him) along with youngsters to be on the bench/rotate with two superior starting options.
In my opinion he's on a level for teams like Brentford/CP/Nottingham... which of course still is PL, but not down there in the table where we should be.
 

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The problem some of our supporters have in objectively assessing the abilities of our squad members is that they forget that it's immeasurably more difficult to perform the CM role or the CB role or the full-back role for a team like United, as opposed to a club like Wolves or Leicester.

Even if we leave aside the pressure and the expectation and the fact that every opponent raises their game against you - there's just so much more demanded of you in terms of being able to keep the ball under pressure, pick passes through the lines and cover bigger spaces defensively.

That's why, harsh as it might sound, I instantly disregard posters as having a credible opinion if they make statements like 'McTominay would only be bought by Forest' or 'nobody would want Maguire'.

If you put McTominay in a mid-table scrapper side, he'd look good. Put him in a side who are supposed, in theory, to have most of the ball and were the CMs are meant to be 'press-resistant' and forward-thinking and he struggles at times.

His biggest issue, for what it's worth, is that he can't play on the half-turn. This comes from playing for years in the Academy as a CF or AM*. He doesn't have those 'eyes in the back of his head' that top CMs develop through years' of practice and he doesn't receive the ball at the right angles to be able to quickly turn into space and move the ball through the lines. He knows this too, by the way, and that's why he hides and doesn't show to receive the ball from the back four.....because he isn't comfortable.

Of course, this is incredibly difficult to do at Premier League level. Scholes was a master of it, but look at virtually any player likely to pop-up in central areas at City and they're all superb at it.

* I know and have played with a few lads who were in the United Academy at like U-11s/U-12s etc....they say that even at that age, the coaches drill them relentlessly on 'twitching', which involves practising looking over both shoulders as the ball is fizzed into you. The ability to do this at speed plays a large part in what level you can achieve as a midfield player. Anybody from semi-pro upwards can strike a nice ball and make a nice pass....but can you do it a ridiculous pace under pressure from the best players in the World....? Not many can.
 

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I reckon a mid table PL club would take him.

With Matic and Pogba leaving in the same window I guess he has bought himself another year(or two) to turn things around. I don't see it happening for him, though. He's strong, fit and can actually score goals, but his passing, positioning and overall technique is not good enough. Especially for a central midfielder. I find that if those particular aspects are missing from your game, then you'll never turn it around once you pass a certain age. He turns 26 this year, so he should be close to his prime already.
 

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The obvious choice is Roma!
Good call, that might be the 'best' team McTominay could join since Mourinho is there.

More than many imagine. You hear nonsense about him being a championship player and stuff. I don't think he'd have to slum it at a relegation club. I think solid midtable clubs would be interested at a price. If we went over the top we wouldn't sell him.
I think you're probably right that some of the midtable clubs might be interested. However, I also think there would then be a fairly strong chance he'd fail to establish himself there and he'd have to drop down to a relegation-battler a season or two later (much like Cleverley did when he went to Everton then later Watford).
 

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The problem some of our supporters have in objectively assessing the abilities of our squad members is that they forget that it's immeasurably more difficult to perform the CM role or the CB role or the full-back role for a team like United, as opposed to a club like Wolves or Leicester.

Even if we leave aside the pressure and the expectation and the fact that every opponent raises their game against you - there's just so much more demanded of you in terms of being able to keep the ball under pressure, pick passes through the lines and cover bigger spaces defensively.

That's why, harsh as it might sound, I instantly disregard posters as having a credible opinion if they make statements like 'McTominay would only be bought by Forest' or 'nobody would want Maguire'.

If you put McTominay in a mid-table scrapper side, he'd look good. Put him in a side who are supposed, in theory, to have most of the ball and were the CMs are meant to be 'press-resistant' and forward-thinking and he struggles at times.

His biggest issue, for what it's worth, is that he can't play on the half-turn. This comes from playing for years in the Academy as a CF or AM*. He doesn't have those 'eyes in the back of his head' that top CMs develop through years' of practice and he doesn't receive the ball at the right angles to be able to quickly turn into space and move the ball through the lines. He knows this too, by the way, and that's why he hides and doesn't show to receive the ball from the back four.....because he isn't comfortable.

Of course, this is incredibly difficult to do at Premier League level. Scholes was a master of it, but look at virtually any player likely to pop-up in central areas at City and they're all superb at it.

* I know and have played with a few lads who were in the United Academy at like U-11s/U-12s etc....they say that even at that age, the coaches drill them relentlessly on 'twitching', which involves practising looking over both shoulders as the ball is fizzed into you. The ability to do this at speed plays a large part in what level you can achieve as a midfield player. Anybody from semi-pro upwards can strike a nice ball and make a nice pass....but can you do it a ridiculous pace under pressure from the best players in the World....? Not many can.
Awesome response. Insta follow.
 

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Coach him well and he could be an absolute beast. That's all I've got to add.
 

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It’s worth remembering that even if he’d only go to West Ham, Leicester, Everton, Wolves or similar that doesn’t mean he is necessarily not good enough for Utd.

Big clubs have many squad players whoyou don’t have a second thought about. The likes of O’Shea, Welbeck, Javier Hernandez didn’t move on to other top clubs. Were they not players who contributed at the club?

What we need is for McTominay to be a solid backup option and anything he does more than that is a benefit on top of that.
 

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It’s worth remembering that even if he’d only go to West Ham, Leicester, Everton, Wolves or similar that doesn’t mean he is necessarily not good enough for Utd.

Big clubs have many squad players whoyou don’t have a second thought about. The likes of O’Shea, Welbeck, Javier Hernandez didn’t move on to other top clubs. Were they not players who contributed at the club?

What we need is for McTominay to be a solid backup option and anything he does more than that is a benefit on top of that.
To be fair, Chicharito played for Real Madrid.

And some would argue Arsenal back then were still a Wenger team that could crawl back to the top.
 

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The problem some of our supporters have in objectively assessing the abilities of our squad members is that they forget that it's immeasurably more difficult to perform the CM role or the CB role or the full-back role for a team like United, as opposed to a club like Wolves or Leicester.

Even if we leave aside the pressure and the expectation and the fact that every opponent raises their game against you - there's just so much more demanded of you in terms of being able to keep the ball under pressure, pick passes through the lines and cover bigger spaces defensively.

That's why, harsh as it might sound, I instantly disregard posters as having a credible opinion if they make statements like 'McTominay would only be bought by Forest' or 'nobody would want Maguire'.

If you put McTominay in a mid-table scrapper side, he'd look good. Put him in a side who are supposed, in theory, to have most of the ball and were the CMs are meant to be 'press-resistant' and forward-thinking and he struggles at times.

His biggest issue, for what it's worth, is that he can't play on the half-turn. This comes from playing for years in the Academy as a CF or AM*. He doesn't have those 'eyes in the back of his head' that top CMs develop through years' of practice and he doesn't receive the ball at the right angles to be able to quickly turn into space and move the ball through the lines. He knows this too, by the way, and that's why he hides and doesn't show to receive the ball from the back four.....because he isn't comfortable.

Of course, this is incredibly difficult to do at Premier League level. Scholes was a master of it, but look at virtually any player likely to pop-up in central areas at City and they're all superb at it.

* I know and have played with a few lads who were in the United Academy at like U-11s/U-12s etc....they say that even at that age, the coaches drill them relentlessly on 'twitching', which involves practising looking over both shoulders as the ball is fizzed into you. The ability to do this at speed plays a large part in what level you can achieve as a midfield player. Anybody from semi-pro upwards can strike a nice ball and make a nice pass....but can you do it a ridiculous pace under pressure from the best players in the World....? Not many can.
Lovely post, spot on.
 

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If wasn't for the rivalry I would say Mctominay would make a good replacement for Phillips at leeds