Sofyan Amrabat is currently Manchester United's best defensive midfielder. In this video, I highlight the reasons why INEOS and Erik Ten Hag should definitely turn Sofyan Amrabat's loan into a permanent deal this summer.
I am a basketball coach. This defence 2 vs 1 situation is exactly how it should be done. It is called a periferal defence not going directly to the man with the ball. Retreat in between hustling to give time for other defenders to recuperate. In basketball we use what is called a tandem situation defence. It works for short court it should work better in football which has common athletical science. ❤
Traditionally good players who come from another league have always struggled with Premier League football, especially at a Club like Man U, where we play such high risk football that can only be backed by good players behind the ball. Yesterday, I saw great transitional and 1-2 plays. The team would have 3 players around them and still manage to create space and pass. What a pleasure to watch that. Every game I will take it. Amrabat, Fernandes, Mainoo, almost every player on the pitch was pretending to be the player we bought them for.
@@donannan9295right like dude barely plays & gets put in a already defeated game considering City dominated the ENTIRE GAME! Then he made the mistake which was bad but again barely plays & the game was dead even at 2-1
We loaned in Sabitzer last season and we couldn't see the performance we expected, but now we can see what we missed by losing him. He has been the linchpin in this Champions final Dortmund team
He had a couple injury during his short run at man united anf i think that was one of the few reason they dont go for the premanent deal..But lets be honest united bought mason mount instead for high price who is on a the last run of his contract and end up injured 2/3 rd of the season.
@@RasLunacy he hasnt looked good in the bundesliga. hes looked good in the semifinals of the champions league. those are better teams than the premier. clearly, since no premier league clubs made it that far. its the ironic english arrogance, not even a top 3 league
@@RasLunacy You people forget who managed him. If we did not have injuries to our central defenders that forced tenhag to play Casemiro at center back, we would never have seen Amrabat. Same for Amad. These two were buried on the bench by Tenhag, if we had played them 10 -20 games ago, we might have been in the Champions league and not be embarrassed by the likes of Palace.
Yeah lets just spunk 15 million for somebody who is 27, showed that he has problems dealing with intensity, wasn't able to reproduce his passing numbers in our league and isn't the bulldog people depicted him like. Spunk 15 million on somebody whose two best games have been a deserved loss against Arsenal and a lucky win against Newcastle United who created chances in numbers and quality to score 5 or 6 times. Even the "last ditch tackle" was more Newcastle screwing up than Amrabat being otherworldly. I'll give him that he didn't make a mistake but an easy first time pass vom Isaak and two people are clear in front of our goal. We paid 10 million for this transfer to be a loan. To not be stuck with a player in case he isn't really up to the task. Some fans just pi** it in the wind. 15 million can be the difference to spend 50 million or 65 million on a player who can start for United. Yet here we are having fans talking about "useful squad players".
@@mattdaniels6430 Players who can tackle well are good as gold . He dont even have to pass . Bruno have to just make himself available by staying close to Amrabat .
@@jackreacher8858 You have no idea how modern football is played. And when you think that Amrabat is particularly good at tackling you don't know much about tackling itself or/an about reading stats.
I like Amarabat, he’s taken a while to adapt to a new country, league and team but what he’s brought to the team over the last 2 games is what we have missed this season and as a club over the last 10 years. Commitment, aggression, bravery in the tackles and in possession of the ball.
Its extremely hard to impress when you barely play and when you do its in random positions. I feel like he hasn't had a good chance to show what he can do
He definitely showed that we need a physical strong runner and makes us better; I would be OK with him as a squad player but I would like someone younger and faster.
@@snorkelofsanity Younger, the guy is 27, this is his prime years. In todays sport, you can still be good until 33-35 year old. I am not saying we should not look to buy another midfielder, but 27 is not old.
I agree with you 100% because it is not easy to find a good defensive midfielder currently and Amrabat for now has gained form and coped with the style of premier League.
Amrabat has been very impressive over the last couple of matches. I am especially surprised at his ability to press. He doesn't just press for the sake of pressing. He knows exactly WHEN to press as a result, his presses often turn over possession into our favour immediately giving us an opportunity to counter attack. It would be a smart move from United to trigger his option. United fans need to realise that we simply do not have the funds to invest in every position.
I just saw a world cup amrabat..tht last ditch slide was class. Amad was superb. If only they play from the start. But i agree with you on amrabat he can be a good squad player..
I think Amrabat needs more game time not that we have much games left this season but i think keeping him out of the lot that needs to go, I believe this performance against Newcastle wasn't the first time he bailed us out. He was phenomenal last night
Amrabat brings two things this team is desperately short off. Physical strength and defensive discipline. However like any player in anew league he needed Arun of games to show it. The baffling thing is why he didn’t get that run of games before now.
Your case for Amrabat is very solid. In fact, it makes a lot of sense to keep him for next season. As you explained very well in your video, he can be a very good squad player if not a starter. If in the next two games he performs well, United should definitely keep him. Let's see...
he is very strong when it comes to body strength, it is good. He is also very determined when you see him goes through from box-to-box running for 80 yards (even though his top speed is not that high), his determination is admirable. He also has a very good sense when it comes to getting the "opponent" instead of the "ball" which is a PLUS because he understands he cannot "catch" those fast players. However, one problem with him, he always choose risky pass in which the teammates are not used to, which leads to a "chain-of-risky-passes" from Amrabat -> teammate 1 -> teammate 2 --> so on, these risky pass by Amrabat are often "50-50" between opponent and teammate, which is super dangerous.
The only weakness with Amrabat is that he gets bully’s in the air sometimes. But amrabat is a very good number 6 and players like him with his experience would be very expensive
Amrabat is a fine player who came to the club injured , was then played out of position , then got no game time . Now with two games back to back he found his ' position ' . We should keep him and likely should have kept Sabitzer . Good presentation .
i agree. He had a few games initially then was benched. It affected his confidence but I always rated him as a player because we have seen it. hopefully he gets a proper run in the team an can truly showcase his talent. keep him for next season for sure!
Excellent video analysis of Sofyab Amrabat. The guy has never been given a chance , thankfully now he is starting to play in position and regularly for the past two games.
Very good points. I have been fascinated with the way he plays during the World Cup and the African Cup. Seems to be a player with good ball awareness and willing to do the dirty works in defense. If he can be taken in at around 15 to 20 M, then it may be worth to take him as a backup CDM 👍🏼
Agree. Thought he should have had far more game time, especially as it became clear that Casemiro has dropped off the pace so much. He would be a great back up no. 6.
no man, I actually agree with you...let him (amrabat) in and make him a squad members, we need him for when we're resting some main players or when we need to increase the midfielder numbers, to make the squad deep...he can play in fa or carabao, or maybe against lower team (no disrespect)..so yeah...your thinking is align with mine!
Fred and Sabitzer would have been pivotal for us this season but we sold them and failed to replace them coz we didn't have funds. We can't do the same thing again especially now that Casemiro is leaving. Amrabat has just been adapting but we all know his A game is good
Considering that the looming absolute summer clear out in Manchester United is only possible in the media. Amarbat should be kept while other critical areas gets attention. Good players around Amarbat will make him better as well as other young talents.
Amrabat will defend the ball at all cost but he does look clumsy at times. He kind of reminds me of eric bailly. Could make a world class tackle, saving but will make a miss pass or a mistake that could cost us afterwards. Im not really confident when's got the ball as he's not the most technical player. But maybe he can improve. We can keep him but we still need to buy another cdm in case of injury.
I agreed with u. Amrabat cover that space in the midfield, shield the defence & free Kobbie in the midfield & also to move forward & unleash his goal scoring talent. His paring with kobbie is topnotch. #keep Amrabat permanently.
He deserve more from us ten hag should had play him a lot but he we are,he need to improve thats a fact but he always has benched so he deseve apology.i hope we keep him he is a monster that we need in future.
It's the recent Man Utd way; recruit a player, play him out of position when he's not fit a couple of times, then decide he's no good. It's funny how, when given a chance in his correct position, that even against good opposition he's done well. He's also made Mainoo better. Given the relatively low cost to keep him as a squad player, we should totally keep him.
Yes sofyan is good but we need him better next season I agree with your points I was impressed with his performance against Chelsea as well in the 2-1 victory
K-E-E-P ! Just what the doctor ordered ! MU need a hard running tackling beast in the middle . He doesnt even need to pass as Bruno can make himself available . Now if he do this in MU next 2 matches MU will surely hand him a contract
i think it mainly depends on who the manager is and what playing style we will have. the arsenal game and the newcastle game show that in a possesion based team (that holds a high line) he would be an asset, but if we play that high pressing + low defensive line then we would need a Kante reincarnate.
Good analysis as always. Due to bad managerial decisions recently, financial fair play is now overshadows the club. Any potential transfers in or out will have to deal with that reality.
I have not seen enough of Arabat. In the match last night there were some nervy touches that put us under pressure. I have not seen him play enough forward passes (like Carrick and Casemiro) playing at No.6. I agreed Amrabat is a very good ball winning midfielder, but we have McT who is also a very good ball winning midfielder, but lack that passing skills. I am glad we have loaned him on a year deal, like Sabitzer. I don't think we need another squad player in midfield so IMO we should save the money and not activate the deal. Love your contents. Keep it up.
I will prefer Amrabat is kept as a squad player while United goes for another defensive midfielder in the summer transfer market. Whenever he plays in his preferred defensive midfield position he's done relatively well. Besides, I think Ten Hag has not given him enough run of games in the team. No player has been perfect this season and that includes Sofyan Amrabat. Even if it's to extend his loan deal, I will suggest that United should still keep him. Let's not forget that there's a high chance that Casemiro will be leaving ( I prefer he leaves because his legs are long gone).
his strengths are positioning and defensive awareness. the biggest question i have for him is his pace. when attacking players or even certain defensive players are running at speed at or from him he struggles to keep up (he has had a few small injuries though so i do not know if he is still injured). i think he is good for rotation purposes when you are playing less than breakneck speed teams and when you take off an attacking midfielder to close out games. what they really need is a young athletic defensive midfielder (and a centreback or two) who can eat up space quickly to deal with the speed of epl teams.
Wholly agree. Your argument is a strong one. Casemiro and Eriksen are in decline and need to leave, If you let Sofyan leave we have to find 2 or 3 new midfielders. Amrabat has not been given enough opportunities this season as ETH prefers 6/8/10 formation. In the last two matches he has went with a more defensive infield and we played well., Amrabat being key. Who would we get that is better for £21 million?
we shall keep him. he will be a good squad player. the matches when he performed poor this season was when he was played out of position in LB. with more game time as destroyer in DM, he will do good
Agree, as we can't replace everyone in one transfer window. Plus, Amrabat knows the system and can help new players acclimate. Kind of how I see keeping Harry for another season.
Amrabat had too few games to really make a mark, he was used too much as a stop-gap during a season of MANY gaps. Some of the things he did were not always good, but some of them really were, he's quite composed and he deserves a real chance, especially with the likes of Mainoo at his side. He needs time, just like ETH, even though many want this coach out. Yet, when you look at the time it takes to build a PROPER team (like the one from 1999, for instance), EtH should at least go to the end of his contract because he may be building a class of 24 (Garnacho, Mainoo, Amad, possibly Kwambala and Wheatley).
Oh I agree with you. Amrabat came in to what has been a poor team and ended up trying to fill in at left back in games where Utd were just not good enough as a team and becomes the fall guy merely for being as bad as the other ten guys in the same team. He was in a European final a few months earlier playing as a holding midfielder and being one of the best players in that team, and that is what Utd bought him for but failed to give him a run at his best position which is what he needed. Casmiero and Erikson have been great players in the past and certainly for 6 months last season, but past it for Premier League intensity and definitely the ones we need to ship out first
We want to Cash in on at least 10 players this summer. We want to offload Greenwood, Sancho, Mount, Bruno, VDB, Maguire, Lindelof, Williams, Pellistri & Antony etc.. ASAP & recruit at least 6 players this summer e.g. 2CB, 2CM, RW & ST! Then we can seriously challenge for league Next season! Keep it in the family!
EtH has found a way of using him effectively recently compared to the earlier part of the season and he's performing well so I don't see the need to let him go when we can sign him for just 21M. As you rightly said we're not gonna get a midfielder with his ability for close to that amount. Keeping him gives the room for more flexibility in the transfer market and don't forget that all the midfield players at the club struggled massively at one point or the other including Bruno and Kobbie, and also the fact that it's his first season in EPL. He'll improve next season so let's keep him.
I think we should keep him and also use him more so he can gell into the team.. that man I saw in the world cup has a beast in him.. if he is used consistently and he gets used to the system.. we will be thanking the gods we kept him... Don't forget that was how we let sabizter leave.. what a fantastic player for dotmund this season
Thats the problem with us, when Casemiro plays well. Everyone is quick to says he is a great buy. When he is on an off day, everybody says sell him. This is the same with S. Amrabat. 1 good game, everybody comes in to praise him. What we need is just consistency from every players. Not those who plays day in day out yet contributed nothing.
I agree that we should take him permanently,i heard the price was only 12m which definetly would make it an easier decision to make. If Ugarte comes we'd need Amrabat as cover last season proved to us how much squad depth matters and 2 nr.6's aren't even enough so it's a no brainer taking Amrabat.
in the right position Amrabat can do a soild job, we should keep him, he works well with Mainoo who can now join the attack knowning Amrabat is covering our defence. he should be given at least another real chance to let this partnership grow. this is just two games and it looks like there is something that can be built upon, imagine when we get our full defence we will have improved from that weak central core we suffer from for too long. we should still accquire another defensive midfielder but the 10 million needed to buy Amrabat outright is a snip.
There's a reason we all clamoured for him to come, yesterday's game was a reflection of what we expected when he walked into the team, but it's either Ten Hag didn't know how to use him, or he needed some adapting to do. Let's not make hasty decisions as a club, i think Sofyan fits the profile of the kind of player we want in our midfield, far more than a few others we are linked with. So if we can apply him properly, we can this kind of performance consistently. I would suggest another year loan
I really hope the club will change their decision, Amrabat will bolster our defense better than our current midfield squad. I reckon we can get a good 3-4 years out of him.
He is not a ball progressor, he's a ball retainer and a destroyer. What Ten Hag is looking at is someone like Joao Neves who can progress the ball as well as be the destroyer. But he is definitely a great back-up option.
I never got the criticism that went his way earlier in the season. He was injured, then he went into the team to cover at left-back. Not his position! Since then he didn't really get many chances. Use him as a destroyer who can also be useful triggering counter-attacks too. For the money involved we should definitely add him to the squad.
I'd love to buy Onana and Neves, but that isn't going to happen. So, Amrabat and Onana would gives us incredible physical depth in that midfielder. You'd have Mainoo as our 8 also covered by Mount, and McT who can also provide back up to Fernandes. Gives us great tactical flexibility and budget to get two CBs, an experienced back up striker, a RW, a RB...and a LB. God there's a lot of work to do.
Yes, I get your point very well. But Armrabat showed up very late. If he had been performing at this level since the beginning of the season, man utd would be left with no choice than to activate the clause in his contract
We need to sign Amrabat. The guy is a Man and plays like a Man. Superb qualities and I'm sure with more PL games, he'll get better and better. I just cannot understand why he hasn't played more. I don't get it. He does have a loose pass in him and can get caught with the ball but maybe with more PL games, this will be a non issue. I'd love to see more of his passing range because I'm sure he's got one. £21m bargain. Squad/1st Teamer for me. Would have no issues at all in the first team. Thanks for the video. Spot. The. Fuck. On!
Extend his loan he wasn't a bad player.... just that he has been playing out of position and in a more intense style while in reason sense he is a player that once to keep the ball calm and moving making movement around the pitch no the fast moving player but one who wants to calm the tempo down keep the ball on the floor and play man to man the u will enjoy amrabat kind of play but if we are to play the fast upward ball then he will be found missing I think it's best to keep him for rotation and tactical switch of play when it's needed
He definitely is a good squad player for the right price and wage. I’d never think i’ll say this, but i’d rather keep amrabat and let Casemiro go at this point to trim down the overall wages of our squad
Run and physically reliable but frequent mistakes that could be very costly, wrong passes, wrong decision, slow in taking decisions. Better than many of our CM but not ideal to start next season. Can stay as a substitute, bench player.
Amra needed to play frequently he's a a good DM he can help kobbie alot in that mid case ft kobbie has not worked out I believe kobbie can relieved that work by amra he plays well
Been aaying that with his price tag, we need to make it permanent but many United fans saying im crazy. He is discipline. Doesn't go running to the box leaving the midfield empty. close down opponent fast. If we don't sign him, you think Ineos have the money to get us 2 midfielders, 2 CB , a LB and a ST ? Cause 1 CDM will never be enough, we need to consider injuries and suspension.
