Manchester United\u2019s academy talents were ignored and criticised by Ruben Amorim, often unjustly.<\/p>\n
The former head coach criticised<\/a> Chido Obi, Harry Amass<\/a>, and Toby Collyer<\/a>, while refusing to hand Kobbie Mainoo a start in the Premier League despite the obvious midfield deficiencies.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Plenty of Carrington\u2019s finest have been waiting in the wings to make their first team debut, and only towards the end of Amorim\u2019s regime did Jack Fletcher and Shea Lacey<\/a> come on for their debuts.<\/p>\n There are quite a few others, like Sekou Kone, who were close to a breakthrough last season<\/a>, but the Portuguese tactician did not trust him enough in the end.<\/p>\n Amorim did not trust Sekou Kone<\/p>\n He impressed on the post-season tour of Asia<\/a>, and was part of the pre-season squad but did not make it off the bench.<\/p>\n That clearly showed chances would be limited and there were talks of a loan move<\/a> in the summer but it did not materialise. A horror injury<\/a> further restricted his minutes for the U21s.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n And now, the Malian, who is fully fit, has been linked with a temporary switch to INEOS-owned club FC Lausanne Sport <\/a>in the winter window.<\/p>\n As revealed by Blick<\/a>, the 19-year-old is already training with the Swiss side, and is also expected to play in one of their friendlies against either Xamax or Nyon.<\/p>\n Training with FC Lausanne Sport<\/p>\n The Swiss Super League side already have Enzo Kana-Biyik on loan<\/a> from the Red Devils, and a final decision on whether Sekou Kone will join them is expected before the window closes.<\/p>\n Manager Peter Zeidler revealed, \u201cYes, he\u2019s (Sekou Kone) been with us for a few days, we know he\u2019s a good player and we\u2019ve been watching him closely. He\u2019ll play with us on Thursday against Xamax or Nyon.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n On whether it is a trial, the German replied, \u201cI don\u2019t really like that term; it doesn\u2019t reflect reality.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s with us, we can observe him closely, and we\u2019ll make a decision, just like we did last summer with Enzo Kana-Biyik, a very good young player who improved a lot in just a few months with us despite his early-season injury, and who also belongs to Manchester United.<\/p>\n January move in the pipeline<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw his quality, particularly with his assist against Fiorentina. We have good experience with Enzo, so why not with Sekou Kon\u00e9? But to say today whether he\u2019ll come, I don\u2019t know. It depends on several factors; we\u2019ll decide between January 15th and February 15th, as with all players.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see if INEOS actually loan him out, especially if the new caretaker boss decided to rely on youth once he comes in.<\/p>\n