The Morocco international will have to wait to make his Reds debut, with the 27-year-old ruled out of the Brighton game on Saturday due to injury, but when he does play he is expected to provide Ten Hag with another option at no.6, in addition to Casemiro.
Erik knows all about Sofyan’s qualities from the two seasons they spent together at Utrecht in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017.
The boss did deploy Amrabat as a wide midfielder and at full-back at times during his spell with the Eredivisie club and he sees no reason why those roles can’t be reprised if required this season.