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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Blow

Erik ten Hag sees Bruno Fernandes quality in Man Utd target as £26m transfer weighed up

Manchester United are interested in signing Fiorentina midfielder Sofyan Amrabat - a player Erik ten Hag knows very well.

Amrabat, 26, is best known for being a Moroccan hero after helping his country become the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final in Qatar last year. Yet it was under Ten Hag at Dutch side Utrecht where the player made a name for himself.

Amrabat became one of Ten Hag's most dependable stars, playing 38 games during the 2016-17 season to help Utrecht finish fourth in the Eredivisie and qualify for Europe. That success secured Amrabat a move to Feyenoord and his manager a crack at the Ajax job.

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