Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim faces a severe conundrum as he might be with out three key midfielders.
Amorim’s aspect journey to north London on Sunday for a crunch conflict with fellow underachievers Tottenham.
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Nevertheless, the Portuguese boss might need to re-jig his engine room as The Athletic studies Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer are main doubts.
The report claims Mainoo can be sidelined for weeks, whereas Ugarte and Collyer face a race towards the clock to be slot in time for the match.
Information of the trio’s accidents comes after Amorim conceded in his press convention on Friday he had ‘some issues’ together with his squad when it comes to availability.
“(It) was a very good week till two days in the past, we had some issues,” Amorim mentioned.
“We don’t have gamers again, possibly we now have one or two points, we’re ready.
“We now have one participant who’s sick, we’ll see on the weekend.”
Amorim added ‘some younger gamers’ had been drafted into United’s coaching to assist with the numbers because of the midweek absentees.
Mainoo’s absence means he’ll miss simply his second Premier League match since Amorim took cost in November.
The England worldwide had operated as a central midfielder in Amorim’s system however was deployed additional up the sector through the FA Cup win over Leicester Metropolis and Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.
Ought to Ugarte miss out, it could additionally mark the second time he has missed a league conflict beneath Amorim.
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He had partnered Mainoo in central midfield however with the United academy product pushed larger up, Ugarte was paired with skipper Bruno Fernandes.
As for Collyer, he has come off the bench in three of United’s final 4 league matches.
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