MANCHESTER UNITED fans are dreading the imaginable of seeing 2 elder stars starting against Tottenham.
Ruben Amorim warned that his broadside had suffered immoderate setbacks successful grooming this week.
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X/@UtdFaithfulsA study from The Athletic has present revealed 3 of the affected stars are Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer.
The trio person been a large portion of the Red Devils squad successful caller weeks, with Ugarte and Collyer successful peculiar providing much-needed vigor successful midfield.
However, each 3 are present acceptable to miss Sunday’s travel to Tottenham.
Ugarte and Collyer are said to beryllium large doubts for the mid-table clash, portion Mainoo is reportedly acceptable to beryllium sidelined for much than a mates of weeks.
While nine skipper Bruno Fernandes has filled successful arsenic 1 of the 2 pivot players successful caller weeks, a deficiency of options up beforehand whitethorn punctual Amorim to play him successful the beforehand three.
That would permission seasoned duo Christian Eriksen and Casemiro arsenic the lone 2 elder midfielders successful the squad who tin play successful the motor room.
However, the brace person a combined property of 65, and it has shown this season.
The past clip the brace started unneurotic successful the Premier League was successful the 2-0 decision to Newcastle astatine the extremity of December.
Since then, Eriksen has played a full of 10 minutes disconnected the seat successful the league portion Casemiro has been a imperishable bench-warmer.
Reacting to the imaginable midfield pivot tomorrow, 1 instrumentality said: “Good heavens what next??? I spot Casemiro & Eriksen starting & getting tally done similar a blistery weapon done butter.”
A 2nd said: “Hopefully we support possession if not, Spurs volition tally this Casemiro and Eriksen partnership.”
Another instrumentality said: “Hopefully 1 of Ugarte/Collyer volition beryllium alright. Otherwise it’s Casemiro/Eriksen again and we saw what happened vs Newcastle United.”
A 4th added: “Casemiro/Eriksen pivot?! We won’t beryllium there!!”
A 5th said: “Nightmare fuel.”
The wounded situation has besides seen Amorim telephone up a fig of stars from the club’s Carrington academy.
Jack Moorhouse, 19, is travelling with the first-team squad aft an awesome play with the Under-21s.
Amorim, 40, personally watched the midfielder during a 5-1 triumph implicit Southampton successful December, successful which the Manchester-born prima scored twice.
Injuries crossed the committee person seen Amorim beforehand a fig of youngsters into first-team training.
Striker Chido Obi and winger James Scanlon were not included with the Under-18 squad connected Saturday pursuing their information successful first-team grooming this week.
Asked specifically astir 17-year-old Obi, Amorim said: “I don’t privation to accidental names.
“We person to beryllium cautious connected that. We person problems this week, we called immoderate young players to beryllium successful our training. We person immoderate information evaluation. He is 1 of them.”
Amorim was forced to sanction 21-year-old goalkeeper Hubert Graczyk connected the Man Utd seat for the archetypal clip successful the FA Cup triumph over Leicester with both Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton out injured.
Graczyk is efficaciously seventh-choice at Old Trafford, but 5th and eighth-choice players Elyh Harrison and William Murdock person been included successful first-team grooming this week.
New arrival Ayden Heaven was besides named connected the seat aft precocious signing from Arsenal, while Patrick Dorgu started the crippled earlier helium was hooked astatine half-time of the 2-1 win.
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