‘IT WASN’T ME’
Scott McTominay has revealed he informed team-mate Sergio Romero to talk to Lionel Messi about swapping shirts with him.
The Barcelona celebrity was given a bloodied nostril throughout a Champions League quarter-final match in opposition to Man Utd in 2019, an damage he mistakenly thought was brought on by McTominay.
In precise truth, the busted up Argentine had been on the top of a Chris Smalling elbow. And McTominay used Messi’s compatriot Romero to make sure he acquired Messi’s coveted shirt at full time.
The Scot informed the Man Utd membership web site: “So, at any time when we performed in opposition to him for Barcelona [in 2009], Chris Smalling elbowed him and he’s bought blood popping out of his nostril. And he thought it was me.
“As a result of I stated to Sergio Romero, ‘please are you able to ask Messi to get his shirt?’. Sergio comes again in and stated, ‘Oh, he thinks you had been the one who elbowed him on the midway line’.
“I stated, ‘No, no, no, no – inform him it wasn’t me, so ensure that I get that shirt as a result of that’s getting into my bed room’. So he is aware of it wasn’t me now. Sorry Chrissy, however he was the one who roughed him up a bit.”