McTOMINAY WILL BE A BIG NOISE IN SCOTLAND CAMP

SCOTT McTOMINAY won’t be intimidated walking into the Scotland dressing room for the first time after the young midfielder revealed he is not scared to give orders to his more illustrious Manchester United team-mates. The 21-year-old will link up with Alex McLeish’s squad next week ahead of the friendlies against Costa Rica on Friday March 23 and Hungary four days later after pledging his future to Scotland despite interest from England. Lancaster-born McTominay has caught the eye in his 17 appearances for the Old Trafford side this season and insists he is not shy in telling his club colleagues, who include £89million Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez, what he thinks. McTominay said: ‘That’s what you want to be as a midfield player, in the heart of the pitch. ‘You want to be the guy who’s helping every other player in the team out, hopefully pushing the team forwards and winning as many games as possible. ‘That’s a big thing as a youth-team player who goes into the first team — you shouldn’t be shy about telling a more senior player what to do. If you think that’s what he should be doing, then tell him... and, if he doesn’t, then you speak about it afterwards and you have a mutual respect for each other that stays off the pitch. ‘When you’re on the pitch, you do the best for the team. All the young players, they’re not shy and they’re not worried about saying what they think. It’s a benefit for the team. ‘If you’re a shy player, then the team’s probably not going to progress with you in it. So you have to be like that and it’s a big asset to the team leadership.’ McTominay, meanwhile, has hailed manager Jose Mourinho as a huge influence in his breakthrough to the United first team. The youngster added: ‘There are numerous factors that have contributed in terms of my development but the main one is Jose Mourinho. ‘He’s had the faith to put me in for important matches and trusted me in really big games. So all credit goes to him. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had chances to play and show people I’m, hopefully, capable of being a Manchester United player in the future.’