A $25 Million Scott-tish Whirlwind…
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Old Trafford, mystical manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer found himself in the middle of a transfer sorcery scandal! Scott McTominay, the valiant Scotsman, was whisked away to the land of pizza and vespas — Naples! For the price of £25 million, Napoli snagged this midfield maestro, hoping he’d sprinkle some haggis-flavored magic on their title dreams under the watchful gaze of Antonio Conte.
Meanwhile, Manchester United was busy inking a contract with PSG’s prized penguin, Manuel Ugarte, for a cool £42.3 million. But Ole, with eyebrows lifted higher than a referee blowing the final whistle, was absolutely, utterly, delightfully bamboozled at the loss of his Scottish warrior. “Scott and Fred were like the dynamic duo of football knightly quests,” proclaimed Ole while sipping a cup of mystery liquid, “Selling Scott? It’s the riddle of the century!”
Even Ten Hag, the sorcerer now commanding the Red Army, admitted to feeling oddly two-headed about the whole fiasco. Glancing wistfully at McTominay’s 11-goal wonderland adventure in Italy, he said, “We miss our kilt-wearing, goal-scoring friend, but alas, football is a game of transfers and transformation. Seems someone swapped our bangers and mash for a good serving of spaghetti!”
