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Former Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah has expressed optimism that he’ll land a brand new membership after one full season as a free agent.
Fosu-Mensah got here by means of the ranks at United, having joined the membership from Ajax in 2014. He went on to make his senior debut for the Purple Devils in 2016 underneath Louis van Gaal.
The participant made 30 first-team appearances for United throughout a stint which lasted till 2021. Fosu-Mensah might by no means actually nail down an everyday berth within the staff or a constant run of kind because of accidents and health points, which hampered his progress.
Whereas at United, he additionally had mortgage spells at Crystal Palace and Fulham.
He joined Bayer Leverkusen after leaving Previous Trafford, however simply six weeks into his arrival, Fosu-Mensah tore his cruciate ligament towards Freiburg, ending his debut half-season. He returned to motion in March 2022, solely to undergo a brand new hamstring damage that dominated him out for the rest of the marketing campaign.
Fosu-Mensah left Leverkusen final yr and didn’t obtain a medal when the membership received the Bundesliga within the 2023/24 season, as he didn’t play a single minute and was subsequently ineligible.
He hasn’t discovered a brand new membership but, however in an interview with the Unbiased, he mentioned he’s hopeful all his laborious work will repay and he’ll be again taking part in once more quickly.
The Dutchman advised the newspaper, “Final season was the primary time in my profession that I’ve spent with no staff. At this age it’s fairly early and I feel fairly unusual for folks. I do know I’ve been working laborious and laborious work received’t go unnoticed. That’s what I consider.”
“In case you keep at house, you do nothing and then you definately suppose ‘growth, OK, I’m going to go this membership or that membership’, no, that’s not the way it works, that’s not my mentality. It’s positively a contemporary begin and I’ve been working laborious.”
He opened up about his troublesome seek for a brand new membership, revealing that a number of brokers bought concerned and in the end scuppered some promising alternatives.
“There was a few conditions with brokers right here and there, which was a little bit of a large number. Individuals had been talking on my identify who I by no means even had contact with.”
“I’d say like 80 per cent of the brokers who had been approaching golf equipment and folks I didn’t even know, who I didn’t even had contact with. I feel that was an enormous mess.”
On hyperlinks to the Championship, he answered, “A few of them I used to be conscious of, a few of them I wasn’t.”
At the same time as he plans for the subsequent steps in his profession, Fosu-Mensah admitted that he nonetheless retains a watch on United and what’s occurring. He gave his verdict on the membership’s disastrous 2024/25 season and whether or not Ruben Amorim is the suitable man for the job.
“I’ll all the time be a fan of United. At all times. I got here there after I was 16, I left after I was 23. I’ve had many good moments, received a few trophies, particularly in my first season. Everyone knows United, everyone knows the historical past of United, everyone knows what United stands for.”
“Even this final season the Premier League was troublesome for them however they reached the Europa League ultimate, so it’s one thing within the DNA of the membership that they all the time need to win trophies.”
The 27-year-old additionally spoke about Marcus Rashford, saying that the ahead’s expertise is plain regardless of his vital dip in kind.
In response to Fosu-Mensah, all Rashford wants is to really feel blissful wherever he’s, and the performances will comply with.
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