{"id":286559,"date":"2023-09-06T16:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286559"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:34:22","slug":"sofyan-amrabat-reveals-man-united-idols-after-joining-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/sofyan-amrabat-reveals-man-united-idols-after-joining-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofyan Amrabat reveals Man United idols after joining on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sofyan Amrabat reveals Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and David Beckham were among his Man United idols&#8230; with the loanee &#8216;proud&#8217; to become the club&#8217;s first Moroccan player<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sofyan Amrabat completed a deadline day loan move to Manchester United\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amrabat spoke of his admiration for Man United stars while growing up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sofyan Amrabat has revealed\u00a0Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and David Beckham were among the Man United stars he admired while growing up, after securing a loan move to the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils paid Fiorentina \u00a38million to lure the Moroccan international on a season-long loan last week.<\/p>\n<p>Man United signed Amrabat on deadline day in a move that could be made permanent next summer for \u00a321m.<\/p>\n<p>In his first interview at the club,\u00a0Amrabat revealed he had been inspired by a trio of Man United midfield stars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think United had so many fantastic players and young midfielders,&#8217;\u00a0Amrabat told the Man United club website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/15\/75127199-12487701-image-a-13_1694011622015.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sofyan Amrabat has revealed his pride at becoming Man United&#8217;s first Moroccan player<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/15\/75127585-12487701-image-a-15_1694011783099.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Amrabat said Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were among the Man United midfielders he admired<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, in general, I look more to the midfielders,\u00a0like Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But there were so many big players. Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Louis Saha, Wayne Rooney, [Cristiano] Ronaldo. I can go on for one hour to say names.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Amrabat revealed his brother Nordin had told him to move to the Premier League, which he labelled as the &#8216;strongest league in the world&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Nordin\u00a0Amrabat had played in the Premier League for Watford between 2016 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Man United had been in tough negotiations with the\u00a0Fiorentina all summer to sign Amrabat, who had starred in Morocco&#8217;s run to the World Cup semi-finals\u00a0in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Fiorentina had been pushing for United to sign the 27-year-old on a permanent deal before eventually settling for a loan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amrabat&#8217;s agent has claimed the midfielder has &#8216;realised his dream&#8217; by signing for Man United, adding that he had turned down offers from other clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/15\/75127685-12487701-image-a-16_1694011861404.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder starred for Morocco during their stunning run to the World Cup semi-finals<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/16\/75127797-12487701-image-a-17_1694012887916.jpg\" height=\"584\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Amrabat is expected to provide much needed depth to manager Erik ten Hag&#8217;s midfield<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old revealed his pride at becoming Man United&#8217;s first Moroccan player, joking that the club will have gained &#8216;an extra million&#8217; fans with his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m very proud,&#8217; Amrabat said. &#8216;I think already a lot of Moroccans have followed already United, but now [there will be] a lot of extra million fans from Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And they are so, so proud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope that I can make the fans for United and also them very, very happy and proud.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12487701\/Sofyan-Amrabat-Man-United-idols.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofyan Amrabat reveals Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and David Beckham were among his Man United idols&#8230; 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