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Napoli Ace McTominay Dealing with Mild Heart Condition
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Napoli Ace McTominay Dealing with Mild Heart Condition
Napoli will have to make do without Scott McTominay for a while. The star midfielder has been diagnosed with a benign arrhythmia and will undergo a pulsed field ablation to correct it. The team expects him to return after the first international break. Considering it's extra long this season, it'll give him more than a month to recover.
The Partenopei will be without their linchpin for at least the clashes with Inter, Arsenal, Bologna, Fiorentina, and Frosinone. The procedure is in a delicate area but fairly routine. For instance, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sami Khedira, Abel Hernandez, Noussair Mazraoui, and Kingsley Coman underwent it in recent years with no issues afterward, Corriere dello Sport relays.
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Napoli got the news about McTominay too close to the end of the window to react, plus they don't anticipate a long-term absence, so they didn't add to their midfield. Kevin De Bruyne, Billy Gilmour, and Antonio Vergara will pick up the slack. They continue to struggle having all their top four midfielders healthy at the same time, considering the Belgian ace and Frank Anguissa's injury woes last year.
Per Sky , Massimiliano Allegri will evaluate different schemes, such as a 3-4-2-1 or 4-2-3-1. The Scottish talisman told Corriere della Sera that he had been dealing with the problem for a while and learned he needed to have the operation on Tuesday. He had trouble in particular before a World Cup game.
Our Take on Napoli and McTominay
It's a fairly scary situation, but not an uncommon one. He didn't look like himself in the early going and during the summer, and the reason quickly came to light. It usually takes Massimiliano Allegri a lot to move on from his beloved three-man midfield.
