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Former Manchester United left again, Alvaro Fernandez Carreras, continues to shine at SL Benfica after being bought by the membership final summer season.
The Spaniard is shortly changing into some of the thrilling younger gamers in Portugal as he has made the left hand aspect of Benfica’s defence is personal.
The 21 yr outdated has already performed 16 matches within the league and the Champions League, scoring two targets and offering two assists.
His superb kind has not gone unnoticed by his former membership and there have been switch rumours that the membership is eager to activate his purchase again clause within the January window as Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw proceed to battle to realize match health.
Earlier supervisor Erik Ten Hag admitted that the membership was actually trying on the choice of resigning him, whereas new head coach Ruben Amorim is alleged to be a fan of the participant after seeing him up shut and private over the course of 2024 as his metropolis rival whereas at Sporting Lisbon.
The Ferrol born fullback massively impressed as Benfica crushed rivals FC Porto on the weekend, scoring a purpose and receiving a ranking of seven.3 on Sofascore.
The younger left again discovered himself in house on the wing with a effectively timed run and lower inside earlier than firing the ball into the web along with his weaker foot. He additionally gained 5 out of his six floor duels and had a passing accuracy of 82%.
Information additionally compares him favourably to fellow United left again goal Alphonso Davies at Bayern Munich. His performances up to now this season see him outperform the Canadian in cross proportion, defensive actions and progressive passes.
He additionally performs equally to the Canadian left again in different key metrics reminiscent of duel and aerial percentages gained and in addition carrying the ball ahead. All within the context of enjoying nearly than 200 minutes lower than the Bayern Munich man.
🇨🇦🔴 Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich, 24)
🇪🇸🟢 Álvaro Carreras (Benfica, 21)🇪🇺#UCL
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It’s clear that Carreras is a star on the rise and intriguingly his fashion of play would match effectively into Amorim’s system.
The Portuguese coach will start along with his tried and trusted 3-4-3 formation, which suggests the wingers play a hybrid position of defenders and attackers.
It’s laborious to ascertain Malacia or Shaw succeeding on this place as regardless of each being comfy on the ball, they’re extra conventional left backs. Amorim’s system calls for that his wing-backs “present width in superior areas, utilizing them as a key a part of his attacking armoury.”
Carreras’ unimaginable engine and talent to contribute in attacking areas will surely make him an intriguing candidate for the position.
The one downside is whether or not the teenager can be tempted in coming again after receiving far more belief at Benfica than United and whether or not he would wish to disrupt his superb progress proper now. As well as, it has been reported that he would additionally favor a return to a different former membership, Actual Madrid.
Nonetheless, with a brand new teaching crew and head coach, who he’ll know higher than a lot of the United gamers attributable to his yr in Portugal, he could also be tempted to present life at Previous Trafford a second likelihood.
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