How Man Utd will sign Sofyan Amrabat - Fabrizio Romano

Carlo Garganese

16 Aug 2023 12:46 BST
2 min read

Fabrizio Romano has explained what needs to happen in order for Manchester United to complete the signing of Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina.

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United have long since agreed personal terms with the Morocco midfielder but they have still not followed through to table an official offer to Fiorentina and complete the deal.

Romano explains that having sold Fred toi Fenerbahce, United have to offload another central midfielder before they can sign Amrabat.

What did Romano say about Amrabat?

“It’s gone a bit quiet on Sofyan Amrabat, but it simply remains the case that United have to sell two midfielders before signing Amrabat,” Romano said.

“Fred is gone; the other one could be Donny van de Beek but there’s still no agreement with Real Sociedad.

“Another option could be Scott McTominay in case West Ham return or another club joins the race.

“Still, for now Fiorentina have not received any official bid for Amrabat yet.”

Fiorentina are asking for €30 million and, according to SportItalia, United are happy to make an offer of €23-25m with add-ons to take the figure to close to €30m.

Juventus have also recently been linked to Amrabat but the feeling is that United will eventually get their man.

Amrabat best midfielder at 2022 World Cup

Amrabat enjoyed a brilliant 2022-23 season, playing a pivotal role in Fiorentina reaching two cup finals; the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Amrabat was arguably the best midfielder at World Cup 2022, playing a crucial role for a Morocco team that stunned everyone in reaching the quarter-finals

The 26-year-old produced a series of dominant performances in the centre of midfield as Morocco knocked out Belgium from the group stages, and then Spain in the last-16 and Portugal in the quarter-finals.

Morocco were finally beaten in the semis by France, before losing the third and fourth place playoff to Croatia.