Scott ‘desperate’ for Reds silverware
McTominay’s on a mission to bring silverware back to Old Trafford after missing out so far during his Reds career
SCOTT McTominay has said he is ‘desperate’ to get his hands on a first trophy with United.
The 24-year-old, who is currently on international duty with Scotland, has yet to win any silverware at Old
Trafford after progressing through the club’s famed academy.
He came close towards the end of the 2017/2018 season, before missing out in the FA Cup final to Chelsea.
It’s those kinds of near-misses that continue to drive McTominay on, and the midfielder feels the Reds are edging ever closer to making that dream come true – with the Europa League still firmly in their sights this season.
During an interview with Sky Sports, he said: “I’m just desperate to win a trophy with club football. That’s my sole priority at the minute, to win a trophy with Man United.
“Obviously the rest, the league and the way we are wanting to progress in that, will hopefully follow suit in due course. I feel like we are building towards a really good team.
“And with international football, we want to go to the World Cup. There are plenty of things that I’m really looking forward to – it’s a pleasure to play for both Man United and Scotland.”
After helping to inspire Scotland to a place at the delayed Euro 2020 finals – where they will face the auld enemy England in the group stages – McTominay has now set his sights on a World Cup place.
Not since France 1998 have the Tartan Army mixed it in an international tournament.
They got their Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign off to a solid start – courtesy of a hard-fought draw against Austria – ahead of further matches against Israel and the Faroe Islands during the current international break.
With much tougher tests to come, against the likes of Denmark and the return fixture with Austria, McTominay has issued a rallying call to his Scotland team-mates.
He added: “I feel like it’s been reiterated from the manager and the players, just having self-confidence and a bit more arrogance in the way that we approach games - knowing that we have got very, very good players who play at the highest level and who can more than match teams, and go and dominate as well.
“For us, that has to be the benchmark. That has to be the minimum when we are going into matches. Whoever we are playing against, I’m certainly not worried - so if the confidence is around the players, then we can go and do it.”