Manchester United’s incoming new head coach Ruben Amorim is already planning to raid Sporting CP for proficient winger Geovany Quenda.
One in every of Sporting CP’s hottest prospects after breaking into the primary staff beneath Ruben Amorim this season, Geovany Quenda, 17, has already made 17 senior appearances and performed twice for Portugal under-21s. He began on the correct flank in his staff’s dazzling 4-1 win over Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
The fleet-footed winger, who has been likened to Arsenal star Bukayo Saka, has reportedly caught the eye of Manchester United because the begin of the 2024/25 marketing campaign. The Purple Devils have been monitoring his progress, and with Amorim set to formally arrive on the membership subsequent week, probabilities of Quenda following his former boss have turn out to be larger.
Antony’s future at Man United in limbo
Manchester United might want to begin from scratch once more after Erik Ten Hag was sacked final month. A brand new period is dawning at Previous Trafford, once more. Amorim is succeeding Ten Hag on the helm of the membership, and he faces an uphill process of restoring the Purple Devils’ status and glory days.
Regardless of the mammoth job at hand, there may be wave of pleasure sweeping throughout the crimson half of Manchester over the Portuguese tactician’s impending arrival. He should trim his squad by offloading the deadwood earlier than including new abilities. And one of many gamers whose future at Man United seems to be up following Ten Hag’s exit is Antony.
After arriving in England from Ajax in an eye-watering £85m deal through the summer season of 2022, Antony turned the primary United participant ever to attain in every of his first three Premier League appearances. Issues dipped thereafter, nonetheless, and it could turn out to be clear for the followers that the Brazil winger is just not ok to play week in, week out for the 20-time English champions.
Amorim received’t magically be capable of revive Antony. There was a time when he was rated as amongst one in all Europe’s most enjoyable wingers owing to his shows at Ajax, however the transfer to Man United has simply not labored out for him. Will probably be in INEOS’ finest pursuits to chew the bullet and take successful on the 24-year-old, who has solely scored 12 objectives and laid on 5 assists in 87 appearances.
Quenda to interchange Antony?
Amorim is aware of Quenda out and in, having handed him his debut in August. He’s anticipated to line up in a 3-4-3 formation at United, who could have issues integrating wingers equivalent to Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Antony within the staff. The trio desire to function larger up the pitch however within the new system, they might wrestle.
Quenda has performed in the identical 3-4-3 system at Sporting and will thrive at United. Pacey, agile and artistic with good work ethic, the younger Portuguese is maybe considered as a alternative for Antony. Nevertheless, as he’s nonetheless solely 17, the Premier League giants should wait till his birthday in April to signal him, that means the earliest Quenda may transfer to Previous Trafford could be the summer season switch window of 2025.
I’m Rohan Sengupta from one of many busiest cities in India, Mumbai. A Journalism graduate with a eager curiosity in sports activities, soccer is one thing I merely can not reside with out and writing, discussing and analyzing the sport is what I do 24*7.
