Ruben Amorim advised to re-sign same ex-Man Utd star that Erik ten Hag wanted before sack

Former Manchester United prima Lee Sharpe has explained that Ruben Amorim should enactment tirelessly to motion a erstwhile Red Devils prima who Erik 10 Hag was headhunting earlier his sacking astatine Old Trafford

Lee Sharpe says that Ruben Amorim should invited Danny Welbeck backmost to Old Trafford with unfastened arms.

The 34-year-old emerged from the younker ranks of Manchester United successful 2008, going connected to people 29 goals successful 142 appearances either broadside of palmy indebtedness spells to Preston North End and Sunderland. However, the Englishman - who has been capped 42 times for his state - was sold to Arsenal successful 2014 for a reported £16million successful anticipation of much crippled clip nether Arsene Wenger.

Welbeck recovered the backmost of the nett 32 times successful 126 appearances for the Gunners earlier making the determination to Watford successful 2019. The striker lone spent a solemn twelvemonth astatine Vicarage Road earlier Brighton and Hove Albion snapped him up connected a escaped transportation successful 2020 – a squad which Welbeck has impressed with sincerely.

Under Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi and Fabian Hurzeler, Welbeck has scored 32 goals successful 139 appearances – proving that he's inactive got it successful the locker contempt being successful his footballing twilight years, with six of his goals having travel this season. And now, United fable Sharpe has urged caller United brag Amorim that helium should enactment to unafraid Welbeck's services successful the January transportation model to supply enactment for Rasmus Hojlund.

Speaking to Racing Tipster, Sharpe said: "Manchester United could look astatine idiosyncratic similar Danny Welbeck successful January. I cognize he’s been astatine the nine before, but he’s doing superb things astatine Brighton this play and looks a truly assured and mature subordinate astatine the moment.

"He’s moving his socks off, creating and scoring goals, and helium looks similar he’s successful his premier down determination astatine the AMEX Stadium. That’s the benignant of striker I’m reasoning of that is agleam capable and beardown capable to person a truly bully effect successful the Premier League.

"I deliberation Rasmus Hojlund volition travel bully eventually, but he’s inactive a spot earthy and inactive needs a small but much composure, truthful the nine astir apt request a spot of other back-up."

While 21-year-old Hojlund has impressed successful a United garment since arriving from Atalanta successful the summertime of 2023, the youngster looks acold from the finished merchandise the Red Devils are successful hopeless request of. The broadside are lacking a implicit goalscoring menace arsenic they languish successful 12th, with 4 wins, draws and losses a-piece from their opening 12 league games.

While Erik 10 Hag brought successful Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna successful a £36.5m woody implicit the summer, is is reported that the erstwhile United brag was besides looking to adhd a 2nd seasoned striker to his squad to springiness a spot of depth. The Athletic study that helium thought Welbeck acceptable the measure perfectly, and included him successful his recruitment talks.

However, an INEOS-backed United failed to enactment a coagulated connection connected the table, and Welbeck is tied down to the AMEX Stadium present until astatine slightest 2026. Ten Hag was subsequently shown the doorway astatine Old Trafford, arsenic a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to West Ham past period was the straw that broke the camel's backmost connected a disappointing two-year stint with United.

Former Sporting CP caput manager Amorim has enactment to beryllium done should helium privation to crook the tide successful the northbound west, particularly fixed that his broadside were held to a 1-1 gully from Ipswich Town successful his managerial debut connected Sunday. United look FK Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League connected Thursday evening, earlier past hosting Everton successful the Premier League travel Sunday.

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