Manchester United are in the midst of a crisis right now, with several players set to be missing vs Newcastle for multiple reasons.
Ruben Amorim will have to be creative on Boxing Day against Newcastle, with his favoured team not available to pick.
Manchester United are missing seven players through various reasons, with the last week seeing injuries to Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo add to Amorim’s worries.
Apart from Bruno Fernandes, who will be the biggest miss?
Injuries and absences are piling up for the Newcastle game!
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Fernandes is a massive miss, while Mainoo would have been the natural replacement, but without either, United have big questions in midfield.
Now, Amorim has spoken about the duo.
Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty ImagesRuben Amorim speaks out over Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo injury
After his injury against Villa, Fernandes is reportedly missing a month, which would be a potentially fatal blow for United given how vital he is.
Due to this, there was an eagerness to find out more about his injury situation and to speak with the media ahead of the game with Newcastle.
“Not for this game. They are recovering, and it won’t take a lot of time. Mainoo will return faster than Bruno.”
Amorim then explained he doesn’t want to say how long Fernandes will be out for, but admitted, “I have an idea.”
Manchester United’s record without Bruno Fernandes is not great…
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Continuing, Amorim then added that neither Harry Maguire nor Matthijs de Ligt will make the game either.
“We are still working with them. They are not available for this one, but let’s see for the next one”, Fernandes explained.
These absences, added to the AFCON players, mean United are seven players short for this game.
Ruben Amorim knows Fernandes replacement calls for Manchester United improvement
Having no Fernandes is a big deal for United, with the captain the club’s best creator and goal scorer, often carrying the team to results even today.
Amorim admitted this in the press conference.
“It’s impossible to replace Bruno, but I said that this morning to the team. We need to take the good thing, if there is a good thing, a lot of people need to step up. We cannot rely on one guy for everything.”
So, with such a massive absence of Fernandes to contend with, United will need Cunha to step up and make himself the player that the club bought him to be.
Big decisions to make and questions for United to solve.
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