Scott McTominay has denied claims that he has been bullying his Manchester United team-mate Alejandro Garnacho after footage went viral final month of him kicking away {the teenager}’s hat in coaching.
Garnacho has damaged into the first-team at Previous Trafford this season, and was voted the membership’s participant of the month for November after discovering the web twice in 4 matches.
He has change into an prompt hit with supporters, nevertheless it appeared that he had irritated McTominay when the Scot took his hat off his head and booted it up the sphere at Carrington. This has led to accusations that McTominay has been bullying the teen, however the midfielder has laughed off this suggestion, and has backed Garnacho to rise to the highest if he stays level-headed.
Scott McTominay booted Alejandro Garnacho’s hat away in coaching final month
Scott McTominay has denied that he has been bullying Garnacho, and claimed it was a joke
‘I had lots of people saying that was bullying! That was only a little bit of a joke,’ McTominay informed The Athletic as he addressed the coaching floor incident with Garnacho.
‘However he must maintain his toes on the bottom and maintain working exhausting and he may be one hell of a footballer.’
McTominay’s resolution to kick Garnacho’s hat gave the impression to be an act of frustration, and he has defended himself by claiming that he would like to know when a team-mate was sad with him, fairly than having folks criticising him behind his again.
McTominay continued: ‘I’ve by no means been focused on, if issues are going unsuitable — and I’m not saying I’ve had that right here, however I’ve skilled it over my time in soccer, after I was a child — talking behind folks’s backs if you happen to don’t win. That’s only a catastrophe.’
McTominay needs Garnacho to maintain his toes on the bottom to realize his full potential
Garnacho has burst onto the scene this yr and was United’s participant of the month in November
‘You want gamers within the group who’re straight-talking, say issues to folks’s faces, and in the event that they prefer it they prefer it, in the event that they don’t they’ll recover from it subsequent week.
‘I really feel like we have now a extremely good group for that, particularly with the lads who’re taking part in each week.’
McTominay and Garnacho began collectively as United returned to motion within the Carabao Cup towards Burnley on Wednesday.
There didn’t seem like any points between the pair because the Crimson Devils cruised to a 2-0 win due to objectives from Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford to e book their place within the quarter-finals.
