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Former Manchester United left again Alvaro Fernandez Carreras scored his first purpose of the season in SL Benfica’s 2-1 victory over Farense.
The Spaniard joined United’s academy in 2020 and while he impressed on mortgage at Preston North Finish, he by no means made a primary workforce look for the Purple Devils.
He was bought to Benfica this summer time after initially impressing on mortgage over the past marketing campaign.
The 21 yr previous remains to be clearly highly-rated at Outdated Trafford because the Purple Devils did be certain that the take care of Benfica contained a buy-back clause and there have been rumours that they might even look to activate stated clause as early because the January switch window.
It has additionally been reported this week that new United head coach, Ruben Amorim, is a fan of the younger Spaniard and could possibly be tempted to signal him in the course of the subsequent switch window.
Fernandez has impressed this season for As Águias, enjoying 14 games in all competitions, scoring as soon as and offering two assists.
The younger fullback put his title additional within the highlight with a nice end to present Benfica an equaliser within the twenty first minute of motion on the Estádio Algarve.
On a powerful counter, he strode ahead into the penalty field and expertly tucked a robust end into the underside left hand nook, in what was solely his second-ever skilled purpose.
Sofascore gave the fullback a powerful rating of 8.1, as he offered his third purpose involvement in as many video games.
He had a mammoth 114 touches of the ball, a powerful passing proportion of 94% and offered one key move within the match.
Fernandez additionally impressed defensively as he made six clearances, gained 4 tackles and gained 5 out of his eight floor duels.
The teen is definitely giving United one thing to consider as they continue to be with out a left again as Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia are each just a few weeks away from making a return to first-team motion.
What’s extra, Amorim’s 3-4-3 system requires full backs who’re very snug in superior positions and that is one thing Fernandez has excelled in ever since he made his debut within the academy, recognized for his marauding runs down the left byline.
Function picture Carlos Rodrigues by way of Getty Photographs
