Amorim revealed young players trained with the first team ahead of the weekend
The Man United boss could turn to young stars due to injuries to the squad
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By CHRIS WHEELER
Published: 09:20 EST, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 09:33 EST, 14 February 2025
Chido Obi is under consideration for a place in Manchester United’s squad at Tottenham on Sunday, head coach Ruben Amorim has indicated.
United have more injury problems and although Amorim wouldn’t name names at his pre-match press conference, he confirmed that Obi has been called into first-team training this week.
The 17-year-old Dane has been a revelation for United’s junior teams since joining from Arsenal in October, and scored a hat-trick in the FA Youth Cup win over Chelsea in midweek.
Amorim said: ‘We had some problems this week. We called some players to be in our training so we have the data and evaluation, and he is one of them.’
Asked for a fitness update on Mason Mount, Luke Shaw and Jonny Evans, Amorim added: ‘It was a good week until two days ago.
‘We had some problems also. We don’t have players back, we have one or two issues, but we are waiting. We have one player who is sick so we will see the team at weekend.
Chido Obi is among the young players Ruben Amorim could turn to this weekend
Man United boss Amorim revealed there are injury concerns ahead of the trip to Tottenham
‘Every game until the end of the season is a big game for us. We need to win no matter what, and we need to win and to improve the way we play football.’
Amorim was also asked about the progress of players prospering away from Old Trafford with Antony performing well on loan at Real Betis and Scott McTominay helping Napoli to the top of Serie A after leaving Old Trafford for Italy in the summer.
‘Sometimes it’s like that,’ he said.
‘It can happen in any club. This is a club with a lot of pressure and in this club you have to have a base with younger players, talented players, coming to a team with one strong base. In the moment we don’t have that.
‘You feel it in (Patrick) Dorgu. He was a little bit nervous in the first moment. You need to cope with the pressure, but sometimes they go to other clubs and are freer with no pressure.’
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