{"id":44527,"date":"2026-02-28T19:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44527"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:11:08","slug":"mctominay-back-to-manchester-shock-70m-return-is-on-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/mctominay-back-to-manchester-shock-70m-return-is-on-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"McTominay back to Manchester? Shock \u00a370m return is on the cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"579\">Manchester United have reportedly \u201cre-entered the picture\u201d to bring Scott McTominay back to Old Trafford from Napoli in a deal that could cost around \u00a370 million, more than double the fee they received when selling him last summer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"912\">The report, which comes from Entrefichajes, claims that Napoli are seriously considering cashing in on the Scotland international as part of efforts to strengthen their financial structure. McTominay is said to be among the highest earners in the squad, and his sale could help free up wages while generating major transfer income.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1102\">However, it is important to note that Entrefichajes is not considered a highly reliable source, and the story should be treated strictly as speculation rather than confirmed transfer news.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2053\">Some believe McTominay\u2019s work rate and familiarity with the club could provide much-needed depth and leadership in midfield, while others argue that such a fee should be invested in a more creative or long-term solution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2394\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">At this stage, no official confirmation has come from either club. Until more credible sources echo the claim, the story remains an eye-catching rumour rather than a realistic transfer development involving <strong data-start=\"2262\" data-end=\"2303\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Manchester United<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2346\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Scott McTominay<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"2352\" data-end=\"2393\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Napoli<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have reportedly \u201cre-entered the picture\u201d to bring Scott McTominay back to Old Trafford from Napoli in a deal\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[4507,3686,1823,3796,249,4277,2907,179,3662,2612,1846,3808],"class_list":["post-44527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-carrick","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-manchester-united","tag-mctominay","tag-michael-carrick","tag-napoli","tag-romano","tag-scott-mctominay","tag-transfer","tag-united"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44529,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527\/revisions\/44529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}