It has not been a straightforward begin to life as Manchester United supervisor for Ruben Amorim. The Portuguese boss has taken charge of 11 games up to now, profitable simply 4 of these video games, drawing as soon as and shedding six.
One of many greatest sticking factors for the brand new Purple Devils supervisor up to now has been how simply his aspect concedes objectives. Within the 11 video games up to now, they’ve let in 21 objectives, a complete of 1.9 per recreation.
Creatively, United have additionally struggled, scoring simply 17 instances below Amroim up to now. One space that has been an issue up to now for United is at wing-back.
Man United’s wing-back points
The Purple Devils have struggled up to now this season with choices at wing-back. Luke Shaw has been injured for a lot of the marketing campaign, and Tyrell Malacia has solely just lately returned from a horrendous knee damage that stored him out for 18 months.
That has primarily left simply Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui as choices at wing-back. After United’s newest recreation, a 2-0 residence defeat in opposition to Newcastle, Gary Neville was crucial of the pair when speaking to Sky Sports activities.
The former United captain explained that the “two wing-backs aren’t excellent within the attacking a part of the pitch”. He was speaking about Dalot and Mazraoui, who began at left and proper wing-back respectively.
Neville’s Sky colleague Jamie Carragher unearthed a stat after the Newcastle recreation which confirmed United haven’t scored in open play when both defender has began at proper wing-back. Nevertheless, when the likes of Amad Diallo and Antony have began there, they’ve created 9 probabilities.
Alarm bells have to be ringing for Amorim, as a result of this looks like a problem that wants rectifying rapidly. The truth is, the previous Sporting boss might flip to his former participant to kind out the issue.
Man Utd’s seek for a wing-back
Another thing Neville stressed after the sport in opposition to Newcastle on the finish of 2024 was the necessity to strengthen at wing-back. He defined that within the switch window United “have to begin with the basics of this technique, which is the wing-backs”.
Thus, the United legend could also be completely happy to see his former membership linked with the highly-rated Geovany Quenda. According to Rudy Galetti – as he reported on the finish of December – the Purple Devils are ‘among the many golf equipment which can be nonetheless monitoring’ the teenager, alongside Manchester Metropolis, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germian.
Galetti reported that there’s a probability the perimeters might ‘make concrete strikes in January’ for the 17-year-old. He reportedly has an costly launch clause value £84m in his present deal, as per the Daily Mail.
Quenda could possibly be the dream addition for INEOS handy Amorim if he’s in search of a extra expansive right-wing again. He has performed there loads of instances already below the previous Sporting boss, 18 to be specific, and has two objectives and two assists up to now.
That features a strike in opposition to FC Porto within the Supertaca initially of the season.
He has beforehand been in comparison with the most effective attackers in world soccer, Bukayo Saka. Fabio Roque, a coach for Sporting’s academy, explained to Sky Sports that he reminds him of the Arsenal star, earlier than stating that there’s “just one Geovany Quenda”.
“It jogs my memory of Bukayo Saka to start with of his profession when he performed as a full-back…There is just one Geovany Quenda. He’s completely different from another participant I educated. He can create a mark on soccer that’s completely completely different.”
Certainly, comparisons might be drawn between the 2 speedy gamers initially of their careers. Like Saka, Quenda is a left-footed participant, with each gamers breaking into the group initially as a wing-back.
If he has something just like the profession Saka has had, the Sporting teenager will go far. The Arsenal quantity seven already has 250 appearances for the Gunners, with 67 objectives and 63 assists to his identify.
Quenda’s stats from the 2024/25 Portuguese top-flight season courtesy of Sofascore are spectacular. He has created three huge probabilities and averages 1.6 key passes per recreation. The wing-back can be a tough employee off the ball, averaging 2.4 ball recoveries every recreation.
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Quenda stats in 2024/25 Portuguese high flight |
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Stat |
Quantity |
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Video games |
16 |
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Touches per recreation |
46.4 |
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Massive probabilities created |
3 |
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Key passes per recreation |
1.6 |
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Ball recoveries per recreation |
2.4 |
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Dribble success fee per recreation |
53% |
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Duels received per recreation |
3 |
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Stats from Sofascore |
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Though simply 17 years of age, the Sporting man is already being known as a “particular” expertise by the likes of football scout Antonio Mango. Quenda could possibly be the person to assist rework United’s fortunes below Amorim.
He is aware of the system he performs and is very rated. It’s a huge funding for INEOS to undertake, however maybe a vital one.
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