Ruben Amorim agrees with Erik ten Hag on Man Utd star who is the 'kind of player we need'

Manchester United right-back Noussair Mazraoui was coagulated defensively arsenic good arsenic unsafe going guardant against Bodo/Glimt and helium was praised by Ruben Amorim aft the game

Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim has hailed Noussair Mazraoui arsenic "the benignant of subordinate we need", echoing erstwhile comments made by Erik 10 Hag.

Mazraoui enactment successful a superb displacement in United's 3-2 triumph implicit Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League connected Thursday night, capped disconnected with a superb assistance for Rasmus Hojlund's archetypal extremity of the game.

He embarked connected a mazy dribble and sidestepped 2 players earlier delivering a pinpoint transverse for the Danish prima to volley home.

Mazraoui - who was signed from Bayern Munich for astir £12.8million - was coagulated defensively arsenic good arsenic unsafe going guardant and helium earned a glowing study from his caller brag Amorim aft the game.

"He’s an unthinkable player, he’s our future," Amorim said post-match. "He played successful antithetic positions, helium looks ever caller but we person to beryllium careful. There’s a batch of games but he’s present to stay. This benignant of subordinate is what we need."

Mazraoui has stood retired arsenic 1 of United's astir accordant players successful a hard play for the nine aft making 16 starts successful each competitions and providing 2 assists.

The 27-year-old was initially signed by Ten Hag having played nether the Dutchman astatine Ajax. Unsurpisingly, his aged manager besides sung his praises erstwhile helium archetypal joined.

He said his quality to play successful aggregate positions and nether unit was 1 of the reasons helium brought him to the club.

"I deliberation helium is simply a subordinate who is rather hard to enactment nether pressure," helium explained. "I deliberation particularly successful English football, that tin beryllium precise beneficial. There is ever unit connected the shot and this is simply a subordinate who 1 of his cardinal attributes is that it's precise hard to enactment him nether unit due to the fact that helium finds often solutions."

Mazraoui's unthinkable versatility has adjacent seen him deployed successful the No 10 relation this play nether Ten Hag - which the Dutchman was blasted over. Speaking aft the triumph implicit Bodo/Glimt, though, Mazraoui said helium was blessed to play successful immoderate presumption indispensable nether Amorim if it helped the team's cause.

"I'll enactment my champion efforts successful each presumption and I effort to bash that and eventually," helium said aft afloat time. "What tin I say? I'm a versatile player, I deliberation [smiles]. For maine personally, it's the nicest feeling successful shot to marque an assist. It's ever a bully feeling arsenic a defender due to the fact that it doesn't hap excessively often."

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