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McTominay: ‘I take into consideration Napoli title on a regular basis, Premier League is chaotic’

Scott McTominay explains the distinction between the ‘chaotic’ Premier League and Serie A, why he can ‘flourish’ at Napoli, and what he ‘thinks about on a regular basis’ within the Scudetto race.

The Scotland worldwide already went viral a number of weeks in the past when admitting shifting to Italy had allowed him to benefit from the easy delight of consuming tomatoes, whereas in his homeland they tasted “like pink water.”

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He has flourished on the pitch too, bagging a brace in final evening’s 3-0 victory over Empoli to

“I’m a soccer participant who undoubtedly has some hearth inside me each time I enter onto the pitch,”

“Soccer means to me love, ardour for the followers and the folks you’re taking part in for. I really like taking part in soccer, it’s been my life since I used to be 5 years previous.”

Leaving Manchester United for Napoli was a giant step for the participant, however

“The Premier League and Serie A are very, very totally different. I really feel like in Italy it’s extra tactical and within the Premier League it may be a bit bit extra chaotic at instances, backwards and forwards, extra like a basketball sport,” continued McTominay.

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“Soccer has modified a lot, we’ve so many athletic gamers, robust, quick, good with the ball, technically, tactically. It has modified dramatically during the last 5-10 years, so the little particulars are vital.

“I take discover of the whole lot that goes into my sport, vitamin, coaching, and you probably have a very good system behind you, you’ll by no means go beneath that degree. I attempted all through my profession to be a very good skilled and a very good particular person too.”

Scott McTominay celebrates for Napoli (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)

Napoli gained their third Scudetto in 2023, ending a wait of over 30 years for the Serie A title, and at the moment are difficult Inter for high spot.

“It’s a privilege to be an athlete and to stay on this surroundings, which clearly I ought to thrive in,” famous McTominay.

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“I play for Napoli, the staff of Maradona, and in Serie A, a really robust league with such superb groups as nicely. A ravishing nation, someplace that I’ve really not been all through my life, which is stunning, as a result of I really like the tradition right here.

“I really like the meals, I really like the way in which that persons are, they’re so welcoming as nicely, and it’s bought so many superb totally different cities. With the ability to expertise that’s unbelievable.

“I simply need to proceed giving my finest and carry out at a high degree, so hopefully folks can see I give my all each time I step onto the pitch. That’s all you are able to do as a soccer participant, is do your finest.

“This metropolis is historical with unbelievable historical past, there are church buildings, castles, royal palaces, monuments, the port, the fashionable enterprise district, but in addition the alleys and small squares,” continued McTominay.

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“It appears like being in a separate state, with the historical past and quantity of issues to do. My good friend Pasquale and my chef Mario are Neapolitan, so he educates me on a number of the issues within the metropolis and totally different meals, the historical past of Naples.

“Once I first arrived, it was a vital day, the nineteenth of September, I didn’t know what was occurring and he defined it. San Gennaro.”

That is the day when the blood of the patron Saint of town is proven to the folks, and if it liquefies, it means a very good 12 months is arising for Naples.

Dwelling on the foot of an lively volcano is likely one of the the explanation why the folks of Naples are famously essentially the most superstitious in Italy.

NAPLES, ITALY – APRIL 14: Scott McTominay of Napoli celebrates after scoring his aspect first objective throughout the Serie A match between Napoli and Empoli at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on April 14, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)

“I lived in Manchester for a big a part of my life, however Naples was a robust choice to come back right here,” continued McTominay.

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“You develop up if you go away your consolation zone, so my consolation zone was clearly Manchester. I’ve been there my entire life, I went to highschool there too. If you happen to can take that step, you start to flourish extra as an individual and as a soccer participant.

“As a child, I at all times grew up watching gamers like Zinedine Zidane and Wayne Rooney, attempt to emulate them as a lot as doable. I simply needed to be just like them and have traits I might emulate in my sport as nicely.”

There are few sides on the planet with a fanbase as passionate as Napoli on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

“Nearly each match that we go to once we see the followers, it raises you up, it brings that fireside out inside you that each participant ought to must carry out at the very best degree always.

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“If a sport goes very well, we’re so grateful, as we all know how a lot it means to the followers. If it doesn’t go nicely, we’re ourselves considering we’ve to be as passionate because the folks. That’s one thing you possibly can take by your profession,” continued McTominay.

“The fervour of the Napoli followers is unbelievable, I’ve by no means seen something prefer it, to be trustworthy. From the second I arrived on the airport, I used to be blown away with how superb and passionate the folks have been and it was virtually like they have been right here to see me. It was so stunning, I’ve nothing however love and gratitude for them.

“What I need to give to the folks right here is the Championship, it’s a very powerful factor I really feel like I want in my profession as nicely.

“I give it some thought on a regular basis, I need to be the man that will get us there and I need to push us in the fitting course by giving the whole lot on the pitch and having no regrets on the finish of the season,” concluded McTominay.