Old trafford’s spirits have soared as a result of a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over aston villa on tuesday, under the watchful eye of ineos sporting director sir dave brailsford. Despite sir jim ratcliffe’s 25% investment in united expected to take six to eight weeks to be accepted by the premier league, erik ten hag’s squad would benefit from a busy january window. United could need reinforcements at centre-back, with harry maguire, lisandro martinez, victor lindelof, and raphael varane all missing at various times in recent months.
However, portuguese outlet jornal de noticias (via paisley gates) has also linked the five-cap portugal international, who reportedly has a £52 million release clause, to liverpool. Liverpool also has injuries as a result of the absence of a fit left-back at the moment. Since andy robertson is recovering from a shoulder injury, joe gomez, a natural centre-back, is effectively the backup for both full-back roles, ensuring that virgil van dijk has plenty of cover.
However, united skipper fernandes is one of the few people who will be keen on united to push for inacio over their premier league opponents. When inacio broke into the first team at sporting, the 29-year-old played with him. Fernandes compared the youngster to no-nonsense veteran french centre-back jeremy mathieu at the time. Fernandes told the record in december 2019: “but there is another young centre-back that i love,” he said. Left-footed – i’ve mentioned him several times. Gonçalo inácio. “he is a player who, if he comes to train with us one day, will learn a lot from mathieu,” he said. “we’re talking about players with different builds, but their style of play is very similar.
