The midfielder Scott McTominay became the transfer target of Al Hilal Club after shining, contributing greatly to help Napoli win the fourth scudetto in history in the 2024/25 season.
In the summer of 2025, McTominay joined Napoli from MU for £ 25 million. Immediately, the Scottish midfielder quickly became a pillar in the squad of coach Antonio Conte.
McTominay scored 12 goals in Serie A, making an important contribution to helping Napoli overtake Inter Milan on the dramatic day to win the championship.
That impressive form helps him to be honored as the best player in Serie A. And thus, after only one season, McTominay was taken into the sights by Al Hilal.
According to Football Italia, Saudi Arabia's wealthy team planned to spend his enlightenment, in the context of them letting Al Ittihad ascended the throne in the league. Al Hilal currently owns many famous stars like Joao Cancelo, Kalidou Koulibaly and Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Notably, the new coach Simone Inzaghi – Leading Inter Milan last season, really wants to add McTominay to the extremely “terrible” midfield at Al Hilal next to Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic -Savic.
It is known that Al Hilal sent the first offer to Napoli. However, coach Conte considered McTominay to be “inviolable” in his squad, so it was difficult for Al Hillal to succeed.
Moreover, Napoli will be difficult to agree with Al Hilal without receiving Conte's consensus. According to the Italian press, Conte only agreed to continue to stay in Diego Maradona on the condition that the club did not sell important pillars.
Therefore, the first proposal of Al Hilal is “heavy” but not “strong enough” to be able to convince Conte and Napoli. However, the Saudi Arabia team is hard to give up and can return to a more attractive price.
Meanwhile, Napoli is waiting for a large revenue from the Victor Osimhen deal. The Nigerian striker once refused the £ 63 million invitation from Al Hilal to wait for opportunities in Europe. At this time, not many clubs pay attention to Osimhen because they require too high salary.