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Scott McTominay has emerged as a potential target for Bayern Munich should they fail to land Joao Palhinha in January.
Fulham midfielder Palhinha saw a dream move to the German giants collapse on deadline day and he has since penned a new deal at Craven Cottage. Bayern haven’t yet written off another move for the Portuguese star when the transfer window reopens.
But they are assessing other targets and Manchester United ’s McTominay features prominently on boss Thomas Tuchel ’s wanted list. McTominay, who was the subject of interest from West Ham in the summer, is well down the pecking order at Old Trafford and the arrival of Sofyan Amrabat has not helped his cause.
He was also considered by Fulham as a potential replacement for Palhinha in the summer. McTominay has made three appearances for United this season. Two of those were just brief cameos from the bench, whilst his first start of the campaign came in Saturday’s 3-1 humiliation at the hands of Brighton.
Tuchel wants to offer him the chance to play at another of Europe’s biggest clubs. The 26-cap Scotland star joined United’s academy in 2002.
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Since breaking through into the first team, he has gone on to make 212 appearances for the Old Trafford outfit and scored 19 goals. Former United star Gary Neville recently suggested that boss Erik ten Hag was attempting to nudge McTominay towards the exit door with his lack of game time.
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"What's clear is that Manchester United's midfield needs bolstering," he said during commentary of the Red Devils’ defeat to Tottenham. "Ten Hag wants a number six who can play alongside Casemiro and, at the moment, the club can't get players out to be able to fund that. If they look at the first two weeks, they have to fund it or there will be a big problem.
“What is clear is that Ten Hag doesn't want to revert back to Scott McTominay. With Fernandes on the right, the midfield looks all over the place and the front three doesn't look capable of functioning as one.
“Does he go back to McTominay? Ten Hag has made five substitutions and not used him. It's almost as if he is managing him out of the club."
Boss Ten Hag explained on Saturday afternoon why he handed the midfielder his first start of the season against Brighton. “We will be playing slightly different,” the Dutchman said. “We already trained with it before Arsenal, but Scott McTominay dropped out before that game.”
McTominay still has just under two years left to run on his current contract with the Red Devils. United valued the midfielder’s signature at around the £40m mark earlier this summer.