Moroccan Midfielder Tipped For Summer Premier League Transfer
Emmanuel Igbokwe
Dec 13, 2022
Sofyan Amrabat has been tipped to join a Premier League club in the summer with Liverpool among the clubs linked.
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Midfielder Amrabat, the younger brother of former Watford man Nordin Amrabat, has played a key role in Morocco's surprise run to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
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He currently plays for Serie A outfit Fiorentina but his performances in Qatar have seen him linked with Liverpool.
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It's also been reported that Tottenham tried and failed to sign the 26 year old in January.
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And Moroccan journalist, Amine El Amri, believes Amrabat will get a move to a Premier League club, however, any potential suitors will have to wait until the summer to sign him.
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El Amri added that he believes Amrabat has been the tournament's standout midfielder.
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"I think there's a big chance that he might go there [the Premier League]ÔÇØ El Amri told talkSPORT.
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"But everybody will have to wait until the summer because Fiorentina don't seem to want to sell in the next couple of weeks.ÔÇØ
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"He's a great footballer in addition to being a raging bull.ÔÇØ
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"I'm trying to be as objective as I can but I think he's been the best midfielder in this World Cup.ÔÇØ
"I have nothing but respect for guys like Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Rodrigo de Paul and many others but I think he's been absolutely the best player in midfield in this World Cup.ÔÇØ
Amrabat and Morocco have been on a stunning run at the World Cup having finished top of a group which had both Belgium and Croatia in it.
They got the better of Spain in the Round of 16 before beating Portugal in the quarter-finals to become the first African and Arab nation to reach the last four of a World Cup.
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Standing in their way of a place in the final are reigning champions France.
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— Emmanuel Igbokwe