RUBEN AMORIM was forced to sanction EIGHT teenagers connected the seat for Manchester United’s clash with Tottenham connected Sunday.
The United brag is navigating a fearfulness wounded situation astatine Old Trafford that has near him with ELEVEN first squad players retired of action.
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GettyAmad Diallo became the latest large name to find himself sidelined aft suffering an ankle ligament injury – with fears the winger could miss the remainder of the season.
While Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte, Mason Mount, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw are amongst the different stars watching connected from the attraction room.
The ever-growing database has forced Ruben Amorim’s hand, meaning there’s 8 teenage academy kids connected his seat – giving their substitutes a combined property of conscionable 19.45-year-old.
So who are the youngsters being thrown successful astatine the heavy end?
Ayden Heaven – 18
GettyThis sanction mightiness ringing a doorbell to those who support a keen oculus connected the January transportation window.
Centre-back Ayden Heaven, 18, joined United past period from Arsenal’s academy.
The towering defender was offered a pro woody with the Gunners, but opted to articulation United alternatively successful pursuit of archetypal squad minutes.
The England U19 planetary is the lone teen connected the seat to person made a pro debut astatine the apical level, helium featured successful Arsenal’s 3-0 Carabao Cup triumph implicit Preston North End backmost successful October.
Elyh Harrison – 18
PAHarrison, 18, is United’s lone different acceptable goalkeeper with some Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton retired injured.
Another England younker international, Harrison spent the archetypal fractional of this play connected indebtedness successful the National League North with Chester.
The shot-stopper was recalled successful January aft keeping 7 cleanable sheets successful 18 appearances for the club.
He made the seat for United’s 2-0 decision to Crystal Palace earlier successful February.
Harry Amass – 17
GettyAnother recognisable name, Harry Amass is rated highly amongst the Old Trafford faithful and the Man Utd hierarchy.
The 17-year-old caught the oculus of astir fans during United’s pre-season tour.
Amass, who plays arsenic a left-back, has been likened to Luke Shaw fixed his presumption and his benignant of play.
United fans volition beryllium hoping helium has a amended wounded record, however.
Tyler Fredricson – 19
GettyLike Heaven, Fredricson operates arsenic a centre-half.
The 19-year-old has risen done the ranks astatine Carrington and, though helium is yet to marque his debut for the club, has been earmarked arsenic a imaginable subordinate of the future.
It’s his archetypal clip making the matchday squad for his boyhood club.
Fredricson has represented England astatine U17 and U18 level successful the past.
Sekou Kone – 19
AlamyCentral midfield endowment Sekou Kone has a antithetic communicative to the remainder with United splashing £1million connected the 19-year-old this summer in a woody with Guidars FC successful his homeland of Mali.
Kone shone astatine the 2023 Under-17s World Cup as helium helped his state decorativeness 3rd and bushed Argentina.
The teen is pursuing successful the footsteps of Tottenham prima and compatriot Yves Bissouma, who besides graduated from Guidars’ academy earlier moving to Europe.
But contempt his akin way to Bissouma, Kone has alternatively been dubbed the “next Yaya Toure” by African media outlets.
Jack Moorhouse – 19
AlamyAnother midfielder, Moorhouse is surely 1 to ticker – astatine slightest helium is if you inquire Ruben Amorim.
Amorim personally watched the midfielder during a 5-1 triumph implicit Southampton successful December alongside Darren Fletcher and Jason Wilcox.
Moorhouse scored doubly successful the crippled and has present been rewarded for his good signifier with a call-up to the archetypal team.
The 19-year-old sounds similar a favourite of the caller brag astatine the Theatre of Dreams.
Chido Obi – 17
GettyUnited intelligibly person a happening for stealing distant Arsenal’s rising stars.
Similarly to Ayden Heaven, Obi-Martin, joined United earlier this play aft the Red Devils snatched him distant from the Gunners academy.
The Danish 17-year-old has been highly rated for a agelong time aft smashing younker records portion connected the books with Arsenal – and United fans person been gagging to spot him lineup for the archetypal team.
Striker Obi managed an astonishing 32 goals successful conscionable 18 U18 Premier League appearances for Arsenal past season, and has scored 9 successful 11 for United’s younker ranks this term.
Jack Fletcher – 17
GettyFletcher has astir apt been the closest to making a breakthrough this season, having been named connected the seat successful the Premier League 3 times already this term.
However, the attacking midfielder is inactive yet to marque his elder debut for the Red Devils.
At conscionable 17 years old, Fletcher has represented some England and Scotland astatine younker planetary level – sparking a warfare implicit his agelong word future.
He’s nary alien to playing for rivals either, having been pinched distant from Man City’s academy successful 2023.
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