Manchester United have been in dire want of attacking reinforcements after the acrimonious departure of final season’s high objective scorer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Supervisor Erik ten Hag had hinted as a lot saying that present No 9 Anthony Martial was not match sufficient to deal with the workload contemplating the Crimson Devils have been nonetheless competing on 4 completely different fronts.
As typical, loads of names have been linked with a transfer to the Theatre of Goals however in the end, United landed Burnley striker Wout Weghorst on mortgage from Besiktas.
ETH is an enormous fan of Weghorst
And as a result of his measurement and his lower than spectacular shows for the Clarets final season, many have termed the transfer as a panic purchase and don’t count on a lot to return out from it.
However as analysed beforehand on The Peoples Individual, the Dutch striker is rather more than only a goal man and might provide a number of advantages from now until the tip of the season.
Ten Hag revealed that he has been an enormous admirer of Weghorst and has adopted him all through his profession.
“I believe Wout has stunned at each membership the place he has been, besides at Burnley, however that was solely a really brief interval,” he advised Through Play.
🗣️ Ten Hag over de komst van Wout Weghorst:
“Ik volg hem al heel lang. Overal waar hij is geweest heeft hij verrast. Hij heeft een ongelofelijk vechtmentaliteit.”#ViaplaySportNL #ViaplayVoetbal pic.twitter.com/FNRmkhoHJK
— Viaplay Sport Nederland (@viaplaysportnl) January 14, 2023
“I’ve been following him for a very long time, all by way of his profession and I’ve recognized him since he was 16-years-old and in every single place he has been he has stunned. Sure, after all he’s a participant I’ve been scouting.
“He has proven in any respect his membership that he might add one thing or strengthen one thing. He has an unbelievable mentality. Even defensively he can add worth to a group.”
And statistics again up what Ten Hag is indicating. His goal-scoring prowess stays intact as may be seen from his six-month stint in Turkey.
Stats again up ETH’s declare
The 30-year-old scored 9 occasions and assisted an extra 4 in 18 video games for the Turkish giants. And previous to his transfer to Turf Moor, he excelled within the German Bundesliga for Wolfsburg.
Weghorst had scored 70 objectives in 133 video games for the German membership over a four-year spell and had grow to be a fan-favourite, which prompted Burnley to splash the money on the 6″6′ monster.
His disappointing spell at Burnley was extra to do with Sean Dyche’s route one fashion than his personal failings. He at all times gave 100 per cent and was often topping statistics likes distance lined and urgent actions.
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