Erik ten Hag has confirmed the membership are excited by signing Alvaro Fernandez following his everlasting transfer to Benfica in the summertime.
Fernandez joined United as a 16-year-old from Actual Madrid, progressing by means of the academy with spells on mortgage at Preston within the Championship and again in Spain with Granada.
The left-back did not make his first-team debut at Outdated Trafford, nonetheless, becoming a member of Benfica on mortgage final January. The Portuguese giants exercised an choice to signal him completely for simply £5million in Could, with Fernandez establishing himself as a key first-team participant this season.
Fernandez’s thrilling performances have been significantly irritating for United followers to look at given their scarcity of left-backs with each Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia nonetheless out injured.
Talking at a press convention on Friday, ten Hag revealed the membership are nonetheless retaining shut tabs on the 21-year-old with a buy-back clause on the desk ought to he proceed to impress.
‘I believe the method is ideal. We mortgage him to Preston, he received again, then we mortgage him to Granada, he didn’t play a lot there, and naturally we, on a regular basis, noticed him and now we had the chance to promote him,’ ten Hag mentioned of Fernandez.
‘However we’ve got a buy-back [clause] so we’ve got management of the scenario, I believe that’s what he wanted.
‘From Preston, then go to La Liga, go to Portugal [with Benfica], each time stepping as much as the next membership and a greater league. Now we’ve got to see and assess the scenario if he may be an choice for us.
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‘However taking part in at Man United is just not really easy, taking part in within the Premier League for Manchester United is just not really easy. You want expertise, additionally improvement.
‘You get improvement from taking part in for higher golf equipment and in higher leagues.’
Fernandez has began all however certainly one of Benfica’s seven league video games this time period, taking part in the total 90 within the final 5.
He has additionally shone within the Champions League, delivering an excellent efficiency within the 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone’s aspect, together with La Liga giants Barcelona and Actual Madrid are additionally carefully monitoring Fernandez’s progress.
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