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Former Manchester United left again Alvaro Fernandez Carreras scored his first objective of the season in SL Benfica’s 2-1 victory over Farense.
The Spaniard joined United’s academy in 2020 and while he impressed on mortgage at Preston North Finish, he by no means made a primary staff look for the Purple Devils.
He was offered to Benfica this summer time after initially impressing on mortgage over the last marketing campaign.
The 21 yr outdated continues to be clearly highly-rated at Outdated Trafford because the Purple Devils did be certain that the take care of Benfica contained a buy-back clause and there have been rumours that they could even look to activate mentioned clause as early because the January switch window.
It has additionally been reported this week that new United head coach, Ruben Amorim, is a fan of the younger Spaniard and could possibly be tempted to signal him through the subsequent switch window.
Fernandez has impressed this season for As Águias, taking part in 14 video games in all competitions, scoring as soon as and offering two assists.
The younger fullback put his identify additional within the highlight with a fantastic end to present Benfica an equaliser within the twenty first minute of motion on the Estádio Algarve.
On a formidable counter, he strode ahead into the penalty field and expertly tucked a robust end into the underside left hand nook, in what was solely his second-ever skilled objective.
Sofascore gave the fullback a formidable rating of 8.1, as he supplied his third objective involvement in as many video games.
He had a mammoth 114 touches of the ball, a powerful passing proportion of 94% and supplied one key cross within the match.
Fernandez additionally impressed defensively as he made six clearances, received 4 tackles and received 5 out of his eight floor duels.
The teenager is actually giving United one thing to consider as they continue to be and not using a left again as Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia are each a couple of weeks away from making a return to first-team motion.
What’s extra, Amorim’s 3-4-3 system requires full backs who’re very comfy in superior positions and that is one thing Fernandez has excelled in ever since he made his debut within the academy, recognized for his marauding runs down the left byline.
Characteristic picture Carlos Rodrigues through Getty Photographs
