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Sofyan Amrabat | 2023/24 Performances
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I think most of us would settle for him showing for the ball and giving it to somebody else in a United shirt consistently and putting himself about a bit defensively.
Well if you're not informed Shaw is injured and Regulion was subbed of so.
Luke was 16 when he got the debut for Southampton iirc. Would be one hell of story if Harry stepped up directly to the first team
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Good lad.
I hope he told Kloppo and the snub club where to stick it.
We haven't really had much luck post Fergie when we've beaten City or Liverpool to a player. If anything it's terrifying that Liverpool pulled out of signing him.
They didn’t pull out of signing him, he snubbed them to sign for us. There were reports of it during the summer that we were his priority.
Pulled out? I think you’ll find they really wanted him, as did several others and he was firm “I only want United”
Liverpool are 2nd while Amrabat has been unfit for the first 5 games of the season. Think they're over it. Might have got Endo's 3 sub appearances and 1 start if he was fit and went there
Nah, they decided to spend £34m on their back up option to Amrabat in Gravenberch. How many starts has he had?
That tweet leads to an article that says that Liverpool pulled out and signed Gravenberch when Ambrabat's team put talks on hold for 24 hours and this happened after Klopp spoke to him.
This means that Amrabat and team were clearly in conversation with Liverpool for a while. Doesn't sound like a "wanted only United" situation.
Of course I'm glad we got him. Just wary about being too excited about his snubbing Liverpool until he's actually been good for us. 10 times bitten 11 times shy and all that...
You think Amrabat is going to be better than Gravenberch?
Clearly he was waiting on United and Liverpool thought feck that and moved on.
Agree with what you’re saying about waiting and seeing. Should be the same for any signing obviously.
I think that they are a bit different profiles.
Amrabat snubbed them just like Caicedo did
Amrabat was the better fit for us than Gravenberch would have been. He does not have the ability to control the game with passing, like Amrabat has, and that's what we needed.
As has been said they’re a different profile of player, Amrabat is a much better fit for what we’re looking for imo. I also don’t think spending £34m on someone who flopped hard at Bayern is particularly good business.
How about signing someone who wasnt a standout at Fiorentina?
We'll see. He can pass a bit but we dont play like we want to control the ball with passing. So when he finally starts some matches for us, I wont be surprised if he doesnt do it either.
That is what snubbing looks like most of the time. He was keeping them on the back burner in case United didn't get over the line
fecking hell. Get some spine man.
I'm not saying he didn't eventually snub them. Just saying that him keeping Liverpool on the back burner is not the same as "I want only United" like someone pointed out.
More importantly, I was saying that him rejecting Liverpool for us shouldn't count as brownie points or something. I'm scarred after getting all giddy beating City to Alexis Sanchez and Maguire and Liverpool to Depay and Phil Jones back in the day.
The difference being we’ve only signed this guy on loan so if it doesn’t work out no biggy, if it does then great we can sign him permanently in the summer for a very reasonable price.
We signed him on loan for the same price Forest paid for the full transfer of someone who stood out at Bologna, who finished 2 points and 1 place behind Fiorentina last season
10 million euros is only a small amount to teams that are bad with money. Especially when you're talking about a loan fee. Thats a superstar loan fee
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you wouldn't think a player snubbing Liverpool to join us would be a reason to have a whinge but here we are I guess
Caf’s gonna caf…
ETH? I mean Martinez, Casemiro hasn’t worked out to bad. Verdict still on the signings this season.
His first start tonight, yeah?
Mental isn’t it.
And LaviaAmrabat snubbed them just like Caicedo did
You sound genuinely shocked mate
I sure hope so!
Which other players of ours do you rate, if you don't mind me asking?
It's when City "lose out" on signing anyone we're interested in, that you need to really be concerned!
Dominguez looks a player, but he's a different type of player. You have to look at the passing and possession stats to see why we'd want Amrabat.We signed him on loan for the same price Forest paid for the full transfer of someone who stood out at Bologna, who finished 2 points and 1 place behind Fiorentina last season
10 million euros is only a small amount to teams that are bad with money. Especially when you're talking about a loan fee. Thats a superstar loan fee
Dominguez is more of an all action box-to-box type. Operates further forward, tries riskier passes, presses more, pops up with a few goals and assists, loses the ball a bit. He looks a good player, but on the ball he'd just be more of what we get from Casemiro and Bruno.
Amrabat is a high volume passer, operates deeper, recycles possession and can carry the ball through midfield. Doesn't misplace many passes. Doesn't miscontrol the ball. Doesn't get dispossessed. Gets the ball neatly from defence to attack. He might not be an objectively better player, but his strengths are absolutely what our midfield has been missing.
It’s a lazy comparison by @Ekeke thats for sureDominguez looks a player, but he's a different type of player. You have to look at the passing and possession stats to see why we'd want Amrabat.
Dominguez is more of an all action box-to-box type. Operates further forward, tries riskier passes, presses more, pops up with a few goals and assists, loses the ball a bit. He looks a good player, but on the ball he'd just be more of what we get from Casemiro and Bruno.
Amrabat is a high volume passer, operates deeper, recycles possession and can carry the ball through midfield. Doesn't misplace many passes. Doesn't miscontrol the ball. Doesn't get dispossessed. Gets the ball neatly from defence to attack. He might not be an objectively better player, but his strengths are absolutely what our midfield has been missing.
Looks like he's going to be utilised as the inverted fullback tonight.
I came here to say that. Sounds good to me - he can jump into midfield. Wonder though how he will work defensively as full back
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