{"id":628838,"date":"2023-09-05T08:52:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=628838"},"modified":"2023-09-05T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:59:20","slug":"man-utd-injury-sofyan-amrabat-medical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/05\/man-utd-injury-sofyan-amrabat-medical\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd Given Another Injury Concern After New Details Emerge From \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 Star\u2019s Medical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester United fans will have more reasons to be concerned as key deadline-day signing Sofyan Amrabat has been revealed to have been suffering from an injury during his medical that troubled him during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[metabet_core_game_tile query=&#8221;536586&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Man Utd Deadline Day Signing\u2019s Medical Detected Back Injury<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Club Believes that Sofyan Amrabat\u2019s Issue is \u2018Minor\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amrabat joined the Red Devils from Fiorentina on the final day of the summer transfer window in a loan deal. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/66691599\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, United will pay \u00a38.6 million to the club and have an option to make the deal permanent for an additional \u00a317.1 million plus \u00a34.2 million in add-ons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Watch:<\/strong> The Problem With Manchester United and How Ten Hag Can Fix It\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Problem with Manchester United and how Ten Hag Solves it\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TtDZIczNMUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4832150\/2023\/09\/05\/inside-manchester-united-transfer-window-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Athletic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has revealed that a medical was completed by the player which detected a back injury, which is understood to be minor. While it is expected that the injury will not prevent him from playing in future matches<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is worth noting that the midfielder suffered from back pain during the Qatar World Cup and received painkiller injections to manage his discomfort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The central midfielder was key in bringing his national side into the World Cup semi-finals and was hailed for his performances by peers and opposition managers alike, with Spanish head coach Luis Enrique hailing the Moroccan star as an &#8220;extraordinary&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/05\/manchester-united-antony-domestic-abuse-allegations\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018He Said He Was Going to Kill Me\u2019: Man Utd Star Hit With Shocking Abuse Allegations by Ex-partner<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sofyan Amrabat Injury Concerns Raised Amid Man Utd Crisis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik ten Hag\u2019s side already have an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/man-utd-injury-update-martinez-lindelof-varane-latest-news-return-dates-b1104583.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extensive list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of players sidelined with injury and fans will be glad that the international break should ensure the Moroccan can recover before United\u2019s return to Old Trafford to face Brighton and Hove Albion on September 16th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof appeared to suffer from injury during their 3-1 loss to Arsenal on the weekend while Raphael Varane and Mason Mount have each been ruled out for a few weeks, although details and a timeline for return have not yet been revealed. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott McTominay was absent from the matchday squad on Sunday, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/38252999\/luke-shaw-injury-adds-manchester-united-fitness-woes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luke Shaw<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is expected to be out for up to ten weeks after picking up a muscular injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/04\/jadon-sancho-ten-hag-man-utd\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018I\u2019ve Been Made a Scapegoat\u2019: \u2018Brilliant\u2019 Man Utd Player Lashes Out After Loss to Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first four games of United\u2019s season has clearly displayed the side\u2019s need for midfield reinforcements to address the lack of balance in the side. Amrabat\u2019s intelligent defensive positioning and multi-range passing should make him an ideal presence in the middle of the park. Fans will hope that his injury has healed after the international break and that he is ready for the challenge posed by a high-flying Brighton side under Roberto De Zerbi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mj4DL1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel<\/a> on Flickr , <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United fans will have more reasons to be concerned as key deadline-day signing Sofyan Amrabat has been revealed to have been suffering from an injury during his medical that troubled him during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.\u00a0 [metabet_core_game_tile query=&#8221;536586&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;] Man Utd Deadline Day Signing\u2019s Medical Detected Back Injury Club Believes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4759,"featured_media":624682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1830,30,3],"tags":[32189,7636,9140],"class_list":["post-628838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-injuries","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-injury-news","tag-manchester-united-rumours","tag-sofyan-amrabat"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}