Roy Keane said Man Utd player was 'not good enough' to win the league with

Manchester United have been left embarrassed in the transfer window far too often over the past decade.

On the incoming side of things, Manchester United have made some terrible additions often for a fee which is far too expensive.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has slammed the management at United before his overhaul, and the part-owner is still fixing the mistakes made over the past decade.

It has not only been incomings which have been poor from United, but also sales. United seemed incapable of getting top-dollar prices for players who are being sold.

This has seen some very talented academy players leave the club for pennies in comparison to market value and the mark they have gone on to make at their new club.

Anthony Elanga is a prime example of this as he has become a sensation for Forest. But now we can reflect on one sale which the club ultimately got wrong.

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Roy Keane claimed Scott McTominay wasn’t good enough for Manchester United

Last summer, United sold Scott McTominay to Napoli, with the main reason likely for the impact it would have on PSR.

McTominay scored a lot of goals for United last season and was far from the biggest problem at the club, rather he was misprofiled by the manager.

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However, Roy Keane was consistent in his stance that United needed to get rid of the academy graduate if they ever wanted to win a league title again.

“Big, big problems at United. The decision-making and the football intelligence, in particular from Fred – and I’ve said this for a long time – Fred and McTominay are not good enough. They won’t get Manchester United back competing at the top”, Keane told Sky Sports.

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The Sun also quoted Keane stating that McTominay – among others – was simply not good enough.

“People talk about Fred and McTominay in midfield, they’ve had their chance, we’ve seen them.

“If you think Fred, McTominay and [Nemanja] Matic in midfield will get Man United back to the heights of winning titles? Then you’re living in cuckoo land.”

Well, with the first season after McTominay has left United nearing it’s run-in, how has Keane’s claim held up?

Scott McTominay closing in on Serie A crown with Napoli

As United sit 15th in the Premier League, as far away as ever from returning to the top of the table, McTominay has been proving Keane wrong over in Italy.

McTominay’s Napoli currently sit 2nd in the Serie A, just one point behind undeniable favourites Inter Milan, with McTominay playing a key part, playing 25 games of 28.

McTominay has scored six goals and assisted two this season while dominating the midfield in Serie A, leading to the Scot being subjected to high praise.

The United academy graduate has been labelled a ‘game breaker’ for his status in the Napoli team as a key figure who bamboozled the league, as nobody can handle him, as the Daily Record explains.

So with McTominay on his way to the Italian league crown, he is close to making Keane look silly for saying he isn’t good enough to win titles with.

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