Sofyan Amrabat is keen to remain at Manchester United beyond his loan and says he will speak to the club about his future in the coming days and weeks.
The Morocco international has had a testing season and struggled to nail down a consistent role in the United team, starting just 10 Premier League matches, while he was often played out of position due to the club’s injury crisis.
He was back in his familiar central midfield berth for the FA Cup final and gave an excellent and combative display in the win over Manchester City, with club legend Paul Scholes even likening him to ‘prime [Gennaro] Gattuso’.
Despite a solid end to the season, United are not expected to trigger their £21million buy option for Amrabat, though the 27-year-old has not given up hope of extending his stay at Old Trafford.
Speaking to Ziggo Sport after the match, Amrabat said: ‘Do I already know what I’m going to do next year? No. We are going to talk.
‘Staying is certainly an option. Look, I think it has been a very difficult season. For Manchester United it needs to be much better, and also for me personally.’
On filling in at left-back, he continued: ‘That wasn’t easy. I have always remained calm and trained very hard. Ultimately, that patience has been rewarded.
‘We are going to talk. Manchester United are the biggest club in the world, so who wouldn’t want to play football here?
‘But all parties have to be happy with each other, so we will sit down now and see what happens.’
Amrabat also praised under-pressure boss Erik ten Hag for his tactical plan against City and feels the side fully merited their win over the Premier League champions.
He continued: ‘A very big compliment to the coach, he prepared us so well.
‘This is exactly the plan we wanted and what he said came true.
‘We just had to keep it compact, keep the spaces very small, work really hard and then hope to do something during transitions.
‘I think we scored two perfect goals and gave away very little. In the end, all in all, it was a perfect plan and we executed it to perfection.’
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