{"id":63722,"date":"2025-08-06T23:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63722\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:24:21","slug":"bruno-fernandes-portugal-teammate-could-have-plugged-one-key-man-utd-issue-for-ruben-amorim-why-wouldnt-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63722\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes’ Portugal teammate could have plugged one key Man Utd issue for Ruben Amorim, ‘why wouldn’t they…’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Portugal teammate of Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot could have been the answer that Ruben Amorim was looking for from a midfield option this summer.<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> have been reinforcing Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> squad options this summer ahead of the start of the 2025-26 Premier League season at Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils have not brought a new midfielder through the doors at Old Trafford, despite United being heavily linked with signing one for Amorim this summer.<\/p>\n

United have had their name attached to several different midfield options, including Atalanta\u2019s Ederson<\/a>, Sporting CP\u2019s Morten Hjulmand<\/a> and Juventus\u2019 Douglas Luiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Bruno Fernandes<\/a> could be dropped back into midfield in Amorim\u2019s tactical system for United<\/a> after the signings of Matheus Cunha<\/a> and Bryan Mbeumo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fernandes will likely start in the two-man midfield pivot and Amorim needs an alternative defensive midfield option to the likes of Casemiro<\/a> and Manuel Ugarte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Man Utd have \u2018three names under consideration\u2019 for perfect partner to Bruno Fernandes, one is Amorim\u2019s \u2018top choice\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RubenPhoto by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesMan Utd were linked with Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot\u2019s Portugal teammate Joao Palhinha ahead of his Tottenham transfer<\/p>\n

Joao Palhinha had attracted interest from Manchester United<\/a> in recent weeks, but the Red Devils never made a move for the Bayern Munich and Portugal midfielder.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Bayern Munich star, who plays alongside Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot<\/a> for Portugal, completed a season-long loan move to Tottenham.<\/p>\n

Tottenham secured their acquisition of Joao Palhinha<\/a> on the weekend and Spurs have the option to make the Portugal international\u2019s move permanent in the future.<\/p>\n

Speaking on ESPN, pundit Stephen Nicol was baffled that United did not try to sign Palhinha as a defensive midfield option ahead of Premier League side Tottenham.<\/p>\n

When discussing Tottenham\u2019s new signing, he asked: \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t they [United] have gone for somebody like Palhinha?<\/p>\n

\u201c[He is someone] who they probably would have got, who was great at Fulham, who you know what you are going to get and who would not have broken the bank.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t they have gone for somebody like that?\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Jose Mourinho and Fenerbahce identify \u2018highly desired\u2019 Man Utd star as Asensio alternative, \u2018turned their attention\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

What Tottenham signing Joao Palhinha could have offered Ruben Amorim at Man Utd had the Red Devils moved for him<\/p>\n

Stephen Nicol said that a key \u201cproblem\u201d for United is getting control of the ball and the ESPN pundit felt that Joao Palhinha could have been a solution for that issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem Man United have is they can\u2019t get the ball, so you have to take one step at a time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Nicol continued: \u201cYou need a guy who is going to win it and then give it and do it consistently, and particularly, he\u2019s got to stop the opposition getting at you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the biggest problems. I agree, he\u2019s not exactly \u2018fancy Dan\u2019 on the ball, but they need to just try and win some games by hook or by crook and just get somebody in the middle of the park who can actually stop the opposition getting at the back four.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s deal for Palhinha includes the option to make the Bayern Munich midfielder\u2019s move permanent to north London for a \u00a325.9m transfer fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Portugal teammate of Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot could have been the answer that Ruben Amorim was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[13138,39622,7794,403,99],"class_list":["post-63722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-bruno-fernandes","tag-joao-palhinha","tag-ruben-amorim","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}