Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag ‘charmed’ by World Cup star, claims brother

Amrabat was one of Morocco’s star performers at the World Cup in Qatar and attracted interest from several clubs in the January transfer window, with both Chelsea and United attempting to sign him on loan.

The Fiorentina midfielder is expected to move clubs this summer, with reports claiming this week that Bayern Munich have joined the race for the upcoming transfer window.

Amrabat began his professional career at Utrecht in the Eredivsie and was managed by Ten Hag before he transferred to Feyenoord in 2017.

And the midfielder’s brother, Nordin, claims Ten Hag still has a ‘good relationship’ with his former player.

‘He wants to go to the top, you are not going to trade Italy for the middle bracket of the Premier League,’ Nordin told ESPN.

‘At Barcelona, he is high on the list but you know Barca’s financial situation.

‘Of course you never know, it will be a strong competition when you see which names are going.

‘Ten Hag is now looking for a striker, he wants that first. From there he will see what is possible.

‘But I know that Ten Hag is charmed by my brother, he broke through under him and they have a good relationship, so who knows.’

When asked about his future before Fiorentina’s defeat to West Ham in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday, Amrabat said: ‘Of course, the Premier League is a fantastic league, one of the strongest in the world.

‘It would be nice to play there one day, but it’s not that I want only to go to England, because Spain is nice, Serie A is a nice league.

‘Football has changed a lot, it’s more physical, you have more to be an athlete, the tempo and intensity is higher. Of course, in England the intensity is very high, so I think it could suit me.’

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