He was given the unwanted nickname at the club
A Manchester United player reportedly called Scott McTominay a ‘teacher’s pet’ during his time at the club.
The homegrown talent is set to join Italian outfit Napoli soon for a fee in the region of £25m.
McTominay has made substitute appearances in all three of United’s competitive fixtures this season and the likely arrival of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint Germain could hinder his game time.
It has been claimed McTominay was labelled a ‘teacher’s pet’ as a result of his ‘penchant for endearing himself to a new manager’, as per Manchester Evening News.
Sir Alex Ferguson was also a big fan of McTominay, previously speaking highly of him:
He said in 2021: “Scott McTominay is now emerging as one of Man United’s big players. When you watch Man United pick their team for a big game, McTominay’s name is in it. He’s a good character, a great trainer. I know a little bit about the boy and I think that’s the background
“I signed him when he was seven or eight years of age and he was actually a centre-forward as a kid.
“He’s just sprouted, a little bit like Darren Fletcher – Darren had a few little annoying injuries as he was growing and needed some rest periods and things like that.
“McTominay is of a similar type to Darren – long, lanky, good winner of the ball and a good turn of pace going forward, a great attitude to the game. All these attitudes that Darren Fletcher had, he’s got them.
“Even if you go back to my time with Darren, I very seldom left him out of big games, particularly against Arsenal. He was fantastic against Arsenal and [Patrick] Vieira and I had no problems.”
