Tyrell Malacia, a Manchester United defender who recently transferred from Feyenoord, has been reflecting on his first weeks at his new club and using his performance against Arsenal as a barometer for his future....CONTINUE READING
Man Utd paid €15 million to sign him from Feyenoord, and manager Erik ten Hag had to work hard to keep him at Old Trafford rather than Lyon, where he appeared to be heading.
The left-back was among the less prominent additions made by United, but the 23-year-old has adjusted well and left a significant impression.
For the new manager of the Red Devils, it has proven to be work that is well worth doing. When playing against Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka in a game that Man Utd eventually won 3-1, but only after a significant struggle, he was questioned about how he handled the challenge.
“It’s about going back to basics,” Malacia said. “That’s also a development. Because if I had played a game like Saka earlier in my career, it might not have turned out well in those 90 minutes. Now I can recover.
I had never met someone as strong as Saka in the Eredivisie. That level, that power. Maybe I only saw that when I played at international level. There are a lot of players like him in the Premier League.
