Amorim watches on during training on Wednesday
Amorim watches on during training on Wednesday
The majority of Manchester United players are in favour of Ruben Amorim's rotation policy despite murmurs of discontent from a minority of the squad.
Amorim has made 23 changes across United's past four games and at least one player has privately complained about the new head coach's rotation.
Club sources say the vast majority of players have reacted well to Amorim's rotation as it has shared around playing time. Amorim has started 20 different players during his five matches in charge and made 25 substitutes out of a possible 25.
United have won two, drawn one and lost two under Amorim. The losses to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest caused United to drop to 13th in the Premier League and defeat at Manchester City on Sunday would mark the first time the club has lost three successive league games since December 2015.
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Amorim clarified last week the rotation was partly enforced by players returning from injury. "It’s not because I like to change all the time but we have to have all the squad fit," he explained.
"So, for example, Harry Maguire has a time limit, Tyrell Malacia has a time limit, Mason Mount has a time limit, Leny Yoro has a really time limit. So we have to manage winning games, different methodology, different way of playing, more metres to press and tomorrow we have to assess and the guys that are a little bit at risk to some injury will not play.
"So we have to have everybody to work, to play and to improve the squad."
Ahead of the Forest fixture, Amorim said he was "more or less" close to settling on a best XI. With the exception of the rested Noussair Mazraoui, Amorim picked a team that was widely considered to be United's best line-up.