Happy summer transfer window deadline day, Manchester United fans! Ahead of this weekend’s headliner fixture at Arsenal, the club are discussing a loan deal for defensive midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, but ACF Fiorentina are playing hardball in negotiation. They want a โฌ10 million loan fee, and when asked about the transfer situation, manager Erik ten Hag was evasive.
“There are so many rumours, but it’s nice, heh?,” he answered.ย “We have done good business, we constructed a strong squad and we are ready to go with the fight. I can’t tell because I don’t know if he can sign. When we have news, we will report it immediately.”
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Kickoff: Sun. Sept. 3ย 4:30 pm, Emirates Stadium, London, UK
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PL Position, Form: Arsenal 5th, 7 pts, DWWย ย Man United ย 8th, 6 pts, WLW
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Ten Hag also discussed the concept of building up his squad, as the season progresses, and all the different competitions pile up. It will take a toll on their bodies.
“If you see the schedule, it’s tough, it’s really condensed, when you see last season, the World Cup, crazy season, the season takes longer,” the Dutchman added.
“Two weeks, we played FA Cup final one week longer, we had a short break, we had a really condensed pre-season again. We need numbers but you also need quality.
With that all said, let’s try to get inside the mind of Ten Hag, and pick his first team for Sunday.
Manchester United Starting XI Prediction at Arsenal
Andre Onana; Aaron Wan-Bissaka; Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof, Diogo Dalot; Casemiro, Christian Eriksen; Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford; Jadon Sancho
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