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Young Scottish midfielder Scott McTominay is under consideration for inclusion in Manchester United 's senior squad this season.

Handed a first Premier League start by Jose Mourinho in May, the 20-year-old academy graduate was retained in United's first-team group for their pre-season training camp in the United States, before scoring his first senior goal for the club in Sunday's friendly victory over Valerenga.

A tall and physically powerful central midfielder who has also been deployed as a forward by United's reserve team, a final decision has yet to be made on whether to loan McTominay out for the season or to retain him at Old Trafford.

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Born in Lancaster, McTominay qualifies to play international football for Scotland or England, but says that he considers himself to be “probably more Scottish than I am English”. He has yet to be capped by either nation at youth level with the midfielder's playing and training time as a teenager limited by injury and a growth spurt that saw his height increase from 5ft6 to 6ft3 in the space of 18 months.

“Scott is a good professional and a talented kid,” said United assistant manager Rui Faria in a club interview.

“So he knows what he needs to do to have a career and a proper future. We can see that playing football is something that he loves. The tour was very important for the kid because it helps his motivation and belief.”

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McTominay was promoted to United's match-day squad for the last five Premier League fixtures of last season. He made his debut as a second-half substitute at Arsenal, then played the full 90 minutes in a final-day 2-0 defeat of Crystal Palace.

During United's tour the Scot was granted playing time against Real Salt Lake, Real Madrid and Norwegian Tippeligaen club Valerenga. "Coming over with the first team for a start and just playing games with them in pre-season and then obviously to get my first senior goal, it's the best feeling in the world," said McTominay.

"It’s the best moment of my life so you just want more and more of this. This is what you work for every single day in training, dedicating yourself. I’m just going to enjoy it now and push forward to do my best.

“Seeing how [first-team players] prepare, what they do before games and during training, watching players like Paul Pogba or, in my position, Michael Carrick, and just learning as much as I can from them. I couldn’t be at a better place."