Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour have turn into the primary Scottish gamers to win the title in 120 years after claiming the Scudetto within the closing spherical of the 2024-25 season with Napoli on Friday night time.
McTominay and Gilmour topped Serie A champions
Napoli have received the Serie A title with a one-point margin over second-placed Inter, who pushed the title race proper till the very finish. So shut was the combat for the Scudetto, that there was heading into the ultimate weekend.
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Among the many stars of Antonio Conte’s victorious Partenopei squad was former Manchester United midfielder McTominay, who on the finish of the summer time switch window.
NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Scott McTominay of Napoli celebrates scoring his workforce’s first purpose throughout the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Might 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
He has gone on to supply 12 league targets and 6 assists from central midfield in his first season in Italy, and has additionally been included within the .
Gilmour additionally joined Napoli on deadline day within the final summer time switch window, signing a contract till the summer time of 2029 with a reported switch price of €14m plus as much as €4.75m in bonuses.
NAPLES, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 26: Billy Gilmour of SSC Napoli controls the ball throughout the Coppa Italia match between SSC Napoli and Palermo at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 26, 2024 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
The 23-year-old has needed to bide his time for alternatives within the beginning XI on the Stadio Maradona, however has performed an vital position within the second half of the season after accidents to Stanislav Lobotka and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
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McTominay and Gilmour are actually the primary Scotland internationals to win the Serie A title in 120 years, courting again to 1905 when Jack Diment and James Squair received Juventus’s first ever top-flight title.
Whereas Serie A has been graced by a few of Scotland’s most interesting abilities through the years, Denis Legislation, Graeme Souness and Joe Jordan amongst them, none of them have ever received the top-flight title in Italy.