Forgotten Arsenal star back from injury to cause Man Utd more misery in Europa League

Arsenal loanee Fabio Vieira has returned to fittingness up of Porto’s Europa League showdown against Manchester United.

Viera, 24, joined the Gunners from Porto successful a £32m deal successful the summertime of 2022 but lone showed flashes of brilliance successful his archetypal 2 seasons astatine the club.

With injuries besides stunting his improvement successful northbound London, the Portugal Under-21 planetary returned to Porto this summertime connected a season-long indebtedness deal.

A musculus wounded delayed his commencement to the run however, missing 3 games for Porto earlier returning to the squad connected Sunday.

The Portuguese giants cruised to a 4-0 triumph implicit Arouca with Vieira coming disconnected the seat for the last 20 minutes.

‘I’m precise happy, to beryllium honest,’ Vieira said, O Jogo report. ‘I came backmost with the extremity of being capable to play, to beryllium capable to play. I consciousness precise bully here, this is my home, with the Porto fans.

‘This is wherever it each started and present I conscionable person to bask it and beryllium happy. I’m going to enactment hard.’

United caput to Portugal successful hopeless request of a triumph following Sunday’s dreadful decision astatine Tottenham.

Erik 10 Hag is acceptable to stay successful complaint this week for Thursday’s crippled and the sojourn to Aston Villa connected Sunday but with unit gathering connected the Dutchman, helium needs to nutrient a swift response.

Porto meantime person won six of their opening 7 games this play and beryllium 2nd successful the Primeira Liga down Sporting. They did nevertheless endure disappointment successful their opening lucifer of the Europa League, beaten 3-2 by Norwegian broadside FK Bodo/Glimt.

Sunday’s 4-0 triumph got Porto backmost connected way but Vieira expects a hard trial against United.

‘We are taking it measurement by step, crippled by game,’ helium said.

‘We volition bask this triumph now, but already deliberation astir the adjacent game, which is simply a antithetic contention and volition besides beryllium difficult.’

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