Man Utd told Ruben Amorim’s £50 million transfer target is ‘a real throwback’

Manchester United person been told that a cardinal Ruben Amorim transportation target, Geovany Quenda, volition beryllium a ‘real throwback’ if helium arrives astatine Old Trafford successful the summer.

United mostly kept their pulverization adust successful January with lone wing-back Patrick Dorgu representing a important summation to a squad severely successful request of attacking reinforcements.

With Marcus Rashford acceptable to walk the remainder of the play connected indebtedness astatine Aston Villa, Amorim is astir wholly reliant connected the likes of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.

The Netherlands international, who has endured a pugnacious commencement to his United career, did astatine slightest get connected the scoresheet successful past night’s FA Cup triumph implicit Leicester, but United are sorely lacking successful wide areas.

With that successful mind, Amorim is understood to beryllium pushing a determination for 1 of his erstwhile Sporting Lisbon charges Geovany Quenda.

United are already reported to person agreed a £50 cardinal fee with Sporting and Quenda’s compatriot, erstwhile Southampton defender Jose Fonte, believes helium would rapidly found himself arsenic a instrumentality favourite.

‘Geovany Quenda is lone 17 and helium has blistering pace. He’s very, precise quick. He’s 1 of those players that erstwhile helium gets the ball, helium runs astatine you. He doesn’t crook astir oregon play the shot backwards.

‘He is truthful nonstop and helium reminds maine of however Manchester United played nether Sir Alex Ferguson, helium is simply a spot of a throwback successful that consciousness and that is exciting,’ helium told Boyle Sports, who connection latest Premier League betting.

‘He gets the shot and wants to marque thing happen, erstwhile helium gets the shot successful the last 3rd helium knows precisely what helium wants to bash and puts defenders connected the backmost ft truthful they extremity up doubling up connected him.

‘He’s a precise absorbing subordinate due to the fact that he’s inactive 17 and helium has blistering gait and a large left-foot, he’s creating havoc present successful Portugal and could bash the aforesaid with Manchester United.’

Fonte, meanwhile, is besides a immense admirer of Leny Yoro who, similar truthful galore caller United signings, has struggled to deed the crushed running.

‘When I played with Leny Yoro helium was lone 16, tin you ideate playing elder shot astatine 16 successful a presumption which is truthful hard for a young subordinate due to the fact that you can’t spend to marque immoderate mistakes,’ said Fonte of his erstwhile teammate astatine Lille.

The lone mode to larn is to play and that’s what helium did, you person to backmost yourself to travel backmost from making mistakes and astatine the clip we had Paulo Fonseca successful complaint who truly believed successful him.

He gave him that borderline of mistake and it was conscionable precise bully to person him for a mates of years to play alongside.

‘What I liked astir him isolated from his qualities connected the ball, his method ability, his passing quality and his imaginativeness was his knowing of the game.’

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