Manchester United will make an official offer for Liverpool target Sofyan Amrabat in the next 48 hours

 

The Fiorentina midfielder caught the eye of

a number of clubs at the 2022 World Cup in

Qatar with Morocco reaching the semi-finals

of the tournament.

 

 

His performances for club and country have

seen Amrabat linked with some of the

biggest clubs in the world with rumours that

Liverpool and Man Utd are battling for his signature.

 

A report in Spain over the weekend claimed

that Liverpool are now ‘very close’ to

signing the 26-year-old and that Amrabat

‘already has an agreement’ with the Reds.

That came after a story on Friday insisted

that Jurgen Klopp had ‘called’ Amrabat in an

effort to persuade the Moroccan that a move

to Anfield would be best for him.

Man Utd have been linked with the

Fiorentina midfielder for months and one

report insists they’ve not made a concrete

bid yet because they are trying to ‘lower the

price’ as the transfer deadline approaches.

 

And now Italian publication La Nazione

(Viola News) claims that an official offer

‘will arrive’ in the next 48 hours from Man

Utd as they prepare their ‘long-awaited’

offer for the midfielder.

Fiorentina are only asking for between

€25m and €30m for Amrabat with the

former Club Brugge midfielder only having

a year left on his contract at the Serie A side.

The Italian club’s CEO Joe Barone has

opened the door for Amrabat to leave this

summer by claiming anyone can leave if

they aren’t “happy” at the club.

 

Barone said: “We are always ready for other

entries and exits. If there is someone who’s

not happy, we can satisfy them by the end of the market.”

It has become obvious watching Man

United’s first couple of Premier League

matches this season that they need a new

midfielder with former Tottenham and

Aston Villa defender Alan Hutton claiming a

deal for Amrabat “makes sense”.

“Man United may need to search for a

replacement,” Hutton told Football Insider.

“These are guys that want to go forward and

attack, and they’ve probably been given licence to.

 

“But Because of this, Casemiro will get you

left exposed at times and does he have the

legs of these kind of younger defensive

midfielders to get about for 90 minutes Constantly?

“He would also have to do this week in and

week out, which is tough on him.

“It could be a situation where Man United

search for a replacement similar before the

transfer window closes. The Ambrabat deal

 

 

makes sense and I can see that happening

before the window shuts.”

 

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It seems the Reds could be due for another

Premier League transfer battle too should

Manchester United opt to join the chase for

Ryan Gravenberch.

Florian Plettenberg, reporting on the issue

on X, noting that the two outfits ‘will be the

favourites’ to land the Dutchman should

Bayern Munich allow him to make an exit this summer.

 

The likelihood of such an eventuality

coming to pass should be reasonably high,

of course, given how far down the pecking

order the former Ajax man has fallen.

Should Thomas Tuchel’s wish of a new

also be eventually fulfilled before the

window draws to a close, it’s extremely

difficult to imagine a world in which

Gravenberch is entirely satisfied with his

level of playing time.

 

Hopefully, too, we can avoid missing out on

yet another target to a domestic rival! Only

time will tell on that front.