Manchester United's new signing Sofyan Amrabat has dropped out of the Morocco squad through injury.
29.08.2023 - 19:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jose Mourinho has already told Manchester United what Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg would bring to their squad.
United are hatching plans to add to their numbers before the summer transfer window deadline closes at 11pm on Friday night. But while Erik ten Hag and his recruitment staff are monitoring Ryan Gravenberch and Sofyan Amrabat, from Fiorentina, in-demand Hojbjerg is reportedly a potential midfield signing for them, too.
Having watched a proposed £30million transfer to Atletico Madrid collapse, the Denmark international is available. Mourinho signed the 28-year-old from Southampton in 2020 while he was Tottenham manager. Since then, the 65-cap midfielder has totted-up 147 games for Spurs in all competitions - scoring 10 goals with 16 assists.
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Mourinho, who is currently Roma's manager, could not speak highly enough of Hojbjerg after winning the race for his £15million signature three years ago. However, the Portuguese did describe him as a 'pain' when attempting to take on board information from him at the training ground.
Speaking about Hojbjerg while they were working together, Mourinho said: "Pierre is first of all very intelligent. He reads the game very well and he's going to be a coach one day, for sure.
"He's a pain... asking questions about why we do this and why we do that! On the pitch, he reads the situation very, very well and the people that surround him are really compact, they read the game."
Mourinho continued: "Physically he's very, very strong and technically he's much better than
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