Serie A fixtures paired Josh Doig's newly promoted Sassuolo with Napoli players Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour to open the season. Doig, set to make his international debut, expressed excitement at facing Gilmour, a youth teammate, and McTominay, recently crowned league player of the season and Ballon d'Or nominee. Six members of the June Scotland squad will play in Italy, including Che Adams (Torino), Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) and Lennon Miller (Udinese). Liam Henderson plays for Sampdoria in Serie B and Aaron Hickey became the first Scot in 35 years to score in Serie A. Doig praised Italy's lifestyle and football.
Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour of Italian champions Napoli would open the season at Josh Doig's newly promoted Sassuolo. Doig, who would make his international debut later that week, beamed at the thought of facing Gilmour - someone he grew up playing youth football against - as well as McTominay, a man who returns not just as the league's player of the season, but a Ballon d'Or nominee and Neapolitan hero.
"It's just mad," says 23-year-old left back Doig, who helped Sassuolo return to the top flight at the first time of asking under Italian World Cup winner Fabio Grosso. "Scott did unbelievable last season, he is like a god now and he deserves it because he is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in football. "I watched most of their games last season. Any Scottish guy in Italy I will always take an interest in, because we are all in it together."
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