by Scott McTominay, now 27 years old, He came onto the scene with the Manchester United first team during the 2016/17 season, when José Mourinho was the manager.. The Scottish player has revealed in ‘High Performance Podcast’ what his first session with the Portuguese coach was like.
“At that time in training the referees always tended to favor the first team over the young players and I was losing my temper and raising my voice too much,” explains McTominay. “I started arguing with some older players like Carrick and Ashley Young. Mourinho spoke to me and said: ‘You need to make them like you, you can’t make them think you’re an idiot'”.
The midfielder explains that the Portuguese came to reprimand him, saying: “Who do you think you are? You haven’t done anything.” However, a few months later the Scot found out that Mourinho really liked his attitude that day. “It turned out that the physical trainer told me: ‘José was testing you,'” McTominay clarifies.
