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The 16-year-old Man Utd defender travelled to Ipswich at the weekend for Ruben Amorim’s first match in charge.
The 16-year-old central defender has trained with United first-team ever since Ruben Amorim took charge of the club, but will have to wait a little longer before he gains any first-team squad involvement.
Kukonki sparked interest at the weekend when he travelled with the United squad to face Ipswich Town at Portman Road, though he was ultimately left out of the final matchday squad for Amorim's first match in charge.
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The teenage centre-back trained with United side at Carrington on the eve of their Europa League clash with Bodo/Glimt but he will not be involved tonight after he wasn't registered on the club's B-List for the match.
As per Uefa rules, any club may register a player on their B-List for European matches if they are born on or after 1 January 2003 and has, since their 15th birthday, been eligible to play for the club concerned for any uninterrupted period of two years, or a total of three consecutive years with a maximum of one loan period to a club from the same association for a period. For Kukonki to be involved in the match day squad he would have had to be registered on the B-List for the match before midnight on Wednesday, a decision that was not made by United.
The decision makes sense given the improving defensive situation with Lisandro Martinez set to be involved after he missed the weekend draw with Ipswich. Harry Maguire, Leny Yoro and Victor Lindelof are the only other significant senior absentees for the match.
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