PHIL JONES has singled retired 1 academy gem astatine Manchester United to pb the squad into a caller epoch alongside the likes of Kobbie Mainoo and Amad Diallo.
Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim was forced to crook to the kids for the Red Devils’ 1-0 decision to Tottenham past weekend, naming EIGHT teenagers connected the seat for the clash.
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AlamyAnd though the academy kids’ time retired was owed to an wounded crisis, erstwhile prima Jones reckons that the seat is simply a motion of a promising aboriginal coming done the ranks astatine Carrington.
Jones, who has been moving with the academy astatine United, singled retired 17-year-old striker Chido Obi arsenic 1 of the youngsters with capable endowment to propulsion the nine retired of the slump.
Comparing the striker to immoderate of the established players astatine Old Trafford, Jones labelled Obi arsenic “an animal”.
Speaking to the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, helium said: “Working successful and astir the academy and helping those young players develop, United person immoderate truly bully and talented young players coming through.
“The squad had a batch of injuries against Tottenham and the seat was afloat of kids, but determination were immoderate talented players connected that bench.
“People mightiness not cognize a batch astir them now, but they surely volition successful the adjacent fewer years.
“I deliberation you look astatine Kobbie Mainoo, apical player, you look astatine Chido who we’ve conscionable signed from Arsenal, who’s an animal.
“You look astatine Amad who had a mates of truly bully loans, and I retrieve watching him winning it against Liverpool successful other clip past season, and I had said astatine that clip he’d play a immense portion successful the adjacent season.
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“I played with Amad for a twelvemonth oregon 2 and you could spot past that the prime helium had was truly bully and truly strong.
“As I said there’s a large harvest of young players acceptable to beryllium fixed the accidental and integrated into the team.”
Chido Obi was the lone subordinate to get disconnected the seat for Ruben Amorim‘s broadside during the decision to Spurs.
The Danish teen didn’t really negociate to get a interaction of the shot during his 3 infinitesimal cameo, but is tipped for large things wrong the game.
Obi arrived successful Manchester this summertime aft signing from rivals Arsenal wherever helium had smashed younker records with his goalscoring exploits.
He managed an astonishing 32 goals successful conscionable 18 U18 Premier League appearances for the Gunners past season, and has scored 9 successful 11 for United’s younker ranks this term.
Amorim volition beryllium hoping that Obi tin replicate that goalscoring prowess astatine elder level too, with some Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund misfiring up apical astatine the moment.
Zirkzee has scored conscionable erstwhile successful his past 13 appearances, portion Hojlund has present gone 15 consecutive games without uncovering the backmost of the net.
United look Everton successful the aboriginal kick-off astatine Goodison Park connected Saturday and brag Amorim could telephone upon Obi to effort and crook things astir fixed the club’s dire concern astatine the moment.
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