£45 million for McTominay?
£40 million for McTominay?
The Irons have reportedly been put off by Manchester United’s valuation of Scott McTominay.
The 26-year-old played 39 times for Man United last season, and has shown phenomenal form for Scotland in 2023.
Five goals in four Euro 2024 qualifiers have catapulted Scotland to the top of their group, as only Romelu Lukaku and Rasmus Hojlund have scored more.
Because of that run of form, it appears that the Manchester club will not let McTominay leave for less than £45m this summer.
Is he worth £45m ? I don’t think so.
So, our default position seems to be James Ward-Prowse… yet again !
We have reportedly offered £25m which is significantly less than the £40m Southampton want. Perhaps the fact that the Saints are now in the Championship they may find it tougher to play hardball in negotiations.
Nevertheless, I am not a Ward-Prowse fan, he is not renowned for his decision making and he tends to go missing in games, but I admit that he does take a good free kick. But that is hardly the reason to spend a chunk of the Rice money on the 29 year old.
These are not the type of moves West Ham should be making as they set about rebuilding and spending the Arsenal money.
