Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay has been nominated for Serie A's midfielder of the year award.
The 28-year-old has enjoyed a standout first season at Napoli, scoring 12 goals and assisting four across 35 appearances in all competitions.
His performances have now seen him named on the three-man shortlist for the prestigious accolade, alongside AC Milan's Tijani Reinders and Nicolo Barrella of Inter.
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Barella won the award in the 2020/21 and 2022/23 campaigns.
Previous holders include Hakan Calhanoglu, Marcelo Brozovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
McTominay could get his hands on the Scudetto this weekend. Napoli just have to match Inter's result on Friday evening to secure the Serie A title. His team host Cagliari while the Milan outfit travel to face Como.
Both games kick off at 7.45pm as the fate of the league is decided.
Speaking to The Herald earlier this month, Dutch football great Ruud Krol outlined how Manchester United selling McTominay last season was a mistake: "McTominay got 10 goals for United last season," he said.
"When you have got a midfielder who scores between eight and 10 goals for you a season you do not allow that player to leave your club. You just don’t do it.
"But for some reason their Dutch coach go let him go, and what is more let him go for a very cheap fee of under €30m. His side was very fallible in midfield and at the back this season and he ended up losing his job and getting sacked because of that. As I say, I thought it was a very strange decision to let Scott go for such a paltry amount."
