Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted that he might need to make an “evaluation” around one first-team player ahead of the Newcastle match.

Ruben Amorim’s men have seven Premier League matches remaining in the 2024-25 campaign and Manchester United languish in 13th place in the league table.

The Red Devils have struggled to turn around their season under United manager Amorim and are on course for their worst finish in Premier League history.

United’s last league outing came against Manchester City last Sunday and the Red Devils walked away with a Premier League point from the match at Old Trafford.

Following the final Manchester derby of the season between United and City, the Red Devils resumed their Europa League campaign on Thursday evening.

Lyon hosted United at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in France and Amorim’s side had to settle for a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

United led Lyon in the dying stages of the match, but the French side found a crucial equaliser in second-half stoppage time after a second error from Andre Onana.

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Photo by Eurasia Sport Images/Getty ImagesPhoto by Eurasia Sport Images/Getty ImagesRuben Amorim asked about Bruno Fernandes ahead of Man Utd’s trip to St James’ Park to face Newcastle

Manchester United will travel to St James’ Park on Sunday afternoon and will face Newcastle ahead of resuming their Europa League campaign next Thursday.

The Red Devils will host Lyon at Old Trafford on 17th April for the return leg in the quarter-finals and United cannot afford any major slip-ups in their European run.

The 2024-25 Europa League campaign remains Ruben Amorim’s last chance to secure major silverware as United head coach in the current season.

UEFA’s second-tier club competition could also ensure a path back to the Champions League for next season and secure European football for the 2025-26 campaign.

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Bruno Fernandes’ influence has been invaluable for Amorim, but the former Sporting CP boss was asked if the United captain could be rested for the Newcastle match.

“It’s an evaluation,” he said at his pre-match press conference, as per Manchester United’s official website.

“We’ll make this evaluation with all the staff, with all the data that we have, and then because we know already the players, we will try to protect the ones that it will be hard to make a lot of games.

“But Bruno Fernandes is playing all the time and he’s playing better all the time. Sometimes this kind of player has to play in every match.

“But we will address that in these days that we have to prepare.”

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Ruben Amorim’s telling reaction to the threat of Newcastle ahead of Man Utd’s Premier League visit to St James’ Park

Newcastle are fifth in the Premier League table under Eddie Howe and the Magpies are pushing ahead with securing a place for Champions League football next season.

When asked about the threat that Eddie Howe’s men could pose, United manager Amorim admitted that Newcastle are impressive in all areas on the pitch.

Speaking ahead of the Premier League match at St James’ Park, Amorim said: “Everything [about Newcastle]. They have top players, really good on set-pieces, the physicality, the way they run in recovery when they are beaten in the first pressure.

“So, they are a team that play together for a while. They won a title, that was really emotional for everybody – you can see it with that week.

“But again, we have to think in our team [about] the way we want to play these kinds of games, and we are being consistent in the way we play the games.

“So, we’ll try to do the same on Sunday.”

United will kick off at 4:30pm UK time against fifth-place Newcastle in their Premier League clash at St James’ Park on Sunday.