Amorim chasing “really exciting” £67m Man Utd signing

Again in 2018, then-Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho singled out midfield star, Nemanja Matic, for reward following the FA Cup quarter-final victory over Brighton and Hove Albion, with the Serbian big described as an “island of character and need and management”, whereas “surrounded by an absence of character, class and need”.

It could not be improper for brand spanking new boss Ruben Amorim to repeat such an announcement with regard to his talismanic skipper, Bruno Fernandes, with the 30-year-old having little doubt been United’s ‘island’ within the drab Manchester derby on Sunday afternoon.

With Amad Diallo having been absent since early February, the onus has largely fallen on Fernandes to make issues occur for his facet, with the weekend stalemate once more no totally different.

Lauded by MUTV pundit Phil Bardsley because the “greatest participant on the pitch by a rustic mile”, the Portuguese playmaker is intent on attempting to steer this sinking ship to a brighter vacation spot.

As soon as there was the “Harry Kane staff” – as Tottenham Hotspur have been mockingly described by Pep Guardiola in 2017 – with United now in peril of changing into the ‘Bruno Fernandes staff’, except signings of an analogous ilk will be discovered…

Newest on Man Utd’s seek for a ahead

Having now failed to attain in 12 Premier League video games this season, the precedence for Amorim and co this summer time will certainly be to bolster the misfiring ahead line, with the 40-year-old maybe eager to raid his former facet, Sporting CP, to assist revive his present ranks.

The Portuguese coach has already missed out on Chelsea-bound teenager, Geovany Quenda, nevertheless, whereas there have been reviews that it’s ‘unlikely’ {that a} reunion with Sporting aim machine, Viktor Gyokeres, will happen this summer time.

That could be a view that has been echoed by a current report from GIVEMESPORT, with the piece outling that the ‘most probably big-name’ to reach from the Lisbon outfit is definitely Francisco Trincao, reasonably than Gyokeres.

Certainly, the previous Barcelona and Wolverhampton Wanderers winger is famous as a ‘main’ various to present Molineux star, Matheus Cunha, amid Amorim’s seek for a brand new ahead, with the United boss having ‘pinpointed’ Trincao as a viable possibility.

The 25-year-old – who has a reported £67m launch clause in his current contract – is claimed to be ‘firmly in Amorim’s sights’ forward of the beginning of the window, with the Portuguese ace having already confirmed himself to be an actual weapon in his compatriot’s 3-4-3 set-up.

Why Man Utd might be concentrating on the subsequent Bruno Fernandes

It virtually would not want repeating what Fernandes has achieved in a United shirt to this point, with the skilled midfielder chalking up 95 objectives and 83 assists in 279 video games in all competitions thus far, whereas profitable the Carabao Cup and FA Cup besides.

Signed from Sporting for a price of round £46m in January 2020, the playmaking genius had confirmed his high quality throughout his stint with the Liga Portugal facet, racking up 113 objectives and assists in simply 137 video games throughout all fronts.

Whereas working in a extra superior position than his worldwide colleague, Trincao – who has ten caps for his nation – might effectively comply with in Fernandes’ footsteps, having additionally dazzled in Lisbon in current instances.

The tough left-footer boasts 61 objectives and assists in 146 video games for his present facet, with that together with a outstanding complete of 9 objectives and 15 assists in 2024/25 to this point. Again at Outdated Trafford, solely Fernandes has chalked up extra aim involvements (33) this season.

It was truly Amorim who “launched Trincao’s skilled profession at Braga” in 2019, as per author Zach Lowy, earlier than reuniting with him at Sporting, with the in-demand ahead having registered 56 aim involvements in 131 video games below the present United boss in complete.

Whereas he did discover life troublesome within the Premier League beforehand at Wolves – after scoring and helping simply 4 instances in 30 video games for the Outdated Gold – he might effectively be deserving of one other crack at it, not least below a well-recognized face like Amorim.

As soon as hailed as a “actually thrilling participant” at Molineux by technical director Scott Sellars, Trincao evidently mirrors Fernandes in his artistic prowess, having created 14 ‘massive possibilities’ and averaged 2.2 key passes per sport within the league this season. Fernandes, for reference, has created 12 ‘massive possibilities’, albeit whereas averaging 2.5 key passes per sport in England’s prime flight.

With the Crimson Devils skipper having dropped right into a deep-lying berth of late, his artistic affect might then be replicated by the one-time Barca man in one of many two quantity ten roles, thus serving to to attempt to spark some life into the membership’s floundering ahead line.

Having seen the magic that Fernandes can conjure up in English soccer, if Trincao might make a fraction of that influence, then United – and Amorim – will probably be on to a winner.