Awarded by Uefa as MVP of Inter-Arsenal, Wednesday night marked Hakan Calhanoglu’s first game played from the start since returning from muscular injury. The Turkish midfielder proved decisive not only with a great performance against the ‘Gunners’ but especially with the three-point goal scored with his usual infallible penalty shot.
A few days earlier, on Locker Room Chronicles, Fernando Siani had singled out McTominay of Napoli as the best midfielder at this point in the Italian championship. This statement was evidently relayed to Calhanoglu, who didn’t hesitate to tease the same journalist during Inter-Arsenal, where Siani was a sideline reporter for Prime Video.
Here’s the backstory as told by Siani: I conducted the post-match interviews for Inter-Arsenal. Last time we were talking about the differences in squad value between Inter and Napoli. And I dared to say: ‘McTominay is the best midfielder in the championship’. This obviously got back to Calhanoglu who, during the interview, said to me: ‘Ah, you’ve seen McTominay’, referring to the best player of the match award.
