Erik ten Hag confirms Man Utd interested in re-signing star sold five months ago

Tony MoganPublished Oct 18, 2024, 10:55pm|Updated Oct 18, 2024, 10:56pm

Erik 10 Hag has confirmed the nine are funny successful signing Alvaro Fernandez pursuing his imperishable determination to Benfica successful the summer.

Fernandez joined United arsenic a 16-year-old from Real Madrid, progressing done the academy with spells connected indebtedness astatine Preston successful the Championship and backmost successful Spain with Granada.

The left-back failed to marque his first-team debut astatine Old Trafford, however, joining Benfica connected indebtedness past January. The Portuguese giants exercised an enactment to motion him permanently for conscionable £5million successful May, with Fernandez establishing himself arsenic a cardinal first-team subordinate this season.

Fernandez’s thrilling performances person been peculiarly frustrating for United fans to ticker fixed their shortage of left-backs with some Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia inactive retired injured.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, 10 Hag revealed the nine are inactive keeping adjacent tabs connected the 21-year-old with a buy-back clause connected the array should helium proceed to impress.

‘I deliberation the process is perfect. We indebtedness him to Preston, helium got back, past we indebtedness him to Granada, helium didn’t play truthful overmuch there, and of people we, each the time, observed him and present we had the accidental to merchantability him,’ 10 Hag said of Fernandez.

‘But we person a buy-back [clause] truthful we person power of the situation, I deliberation that’s what helium needed.

‘From Preston, past spell to La Liga, spell to Portugal [with Benfica], each clip stepping up to a higher nine and a amended league. Now we person to spot and measure the concern if helium tin beryllium an enactment for us.

‘But playing astatine Man United is not truthful easy, playing successful the Premier League for Manchester United is not truthful easy. You request experience, besides development.

‘You get improvement from playing for amended clubs and successful amended leagues.’

Fernandez has started each but 1 of Benfica’s 7 league games this term, playing the afloat 90 successful the past five.

He has besides shone successful the Champions League, turning successful a superb show successful the 4-0 triumph implicit Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone’s side, on with La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are besides intimately monitoring Fernandez’s progress.

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