Sofyan Amrabat | signs for United on loan

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If signed today he won't be able to play against Arsenal right ?

A midfield 3 of Amrabat Casemiro and Bruno would be brilliant for that type of game.
 
It's a little bit boring how long this one has taken. Is there any particular reason we couldn't have done this weeks ago?
 
prateik said:
That said, if ETH really did tell him to wait and we don't bid now, ETH is a colossal dick.. but we already know that.
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Where to start with this? You do know ETH doesn't make financial decisions for United? Direct blame to where it should go.
 
the_cliff said:
If signed today he won't be able to play against Arsenal right ?

A midfield 3 of Amrabat Casemiro and Bruno would be brilliant for that type of game.
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Needs to be registered in the next few hours to play against Arsenal.
If the deal happens, I pressume at night, no chance vs Arsenal.
 
Drizzle said:
Where to start with this? You do know ETH doesn't make financial decisions for United? Direct blame to where it should go.
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He seems to be in charge of the transfers.. If he has asked a player to wait for over 2 months, and we dont have more than 2m to offer as a loan fee, while we have gone out and spent nearly 200m on other players, he takes the blame.
 
sebsheep said:
Sold Fred, bought Mount. How is that weaker?
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Because Mount is an attacking midfielder operating at # 10, or in from the right or left. In an ideal world, Mount is a backup to Bruno for the more advanced midfield role. Playing Mount and Fernandes in advanced roles had left too much defensive work for Casemiro. We need another DM/CM before the window shuts.
 
Would Amrabat even be match fit to dive directly into the Arse game provided the paperwork was done ?
 
Judas said:
It’s not exactly the blockbuster tough deal to do exciting transfer you usually see being dragged to the death of deadline day. Hope it gets sorted.
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Deadline day hasn't had the same shine since the days of Harry Redknapp pulling up in a Range Rover, buying and selling five players, which always included Nico Kranjcar.
 
Mickeza said:
No. And ETH would never allow someone with only one training session with the team to start. He was never playing against Arsenal.
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Antony started against Arsenal last year days after signing for us. Also missed a lot of pre season with an injury
 
red.knight said:
Because Mount is an attacking midfielder operating at # 10, or in from the right or left. In an ideal world, Mount is a backup to Bruno for the more advanced midfield role. Playing Mount and Fernandes in advanced roles had left too much defensive work for Casemiro. We need another DM/CM before the window shuts.
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The manager wants to use two advanced 8s, for that role Mount is better.
We can talk about how we think the midfield should be balanced but for what the manager actually wanted, we are stronger player wise.
 
Can’t believe people think he will actually play against Arsenal. Even if he’s registered in time, he isn’t playing.
 
Berbaclass said:
Yes I’m aware. What’s that got to do with what I said? We put him straight into the team after signing. That was the point.
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Well you said he missed a lot of pre-season with an injury indicating he wasn’t fully fit. He was literally playing league games for them after pre-season - so he was fully fit. Amrabat hasn’t played a single league game, has been training alone for weeks and didn’t play much in pre-season - there is no way ETH would throw him in ahead of Eriksen following one training session. It’s absurd to suggest otherwise.
 
Real Name said:
Gone quiet on this.
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It’s pretty much certain to happen now. Simply cannot afford to go without another midfielder.

I think the season hinges on getting a quality CB option and selling McT to fund, but that’s a pipe dream.
 
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