Manchester United’s season has seen one consistent flaw emerge, but Ruben Amorim could use Gabriele Biancheri to solve it.
After 11 Premier League games, things are definitely looking up for Manchester United, sitting well in the Champions League race. Ruben Amorim has United on a five-game unbeaten streak, but this could have been even better.
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United have thrown away victory after Casemiro’s exit in the past two games, with options from the bench poor across the pitch. Now, the extent of this quality drop can be seen in the lack of impact substitutes have had at United.
Manchester United players celebrate scoring vs Tottenham.
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Manchester United yet to score from a substitute this season
This season, there have been undeniable improvements for United, but in terms of substitutions, it has been a step backward.
As aforementioned, Casemiro’s withdrawal has often led to collapse for United, which is completely unsustainable. But now it has emerged that United are bottom of the league for goals scored from the bench.
Premier League
Goals from Substitutes 2025/26
Club Substitutions Goals from Subs
16. Newcastle 50 1
17. Leeds 50 1
18. Everton 36 0
19. Nottingham Forest 46 0
20. Manchester United 48 0
United’s goals scored during 2025/26 in the Premier League have come from players in the starting line-up, which is not a good thing.
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It shows a lack of plan B on the bench, and if the starters cannot score, then United are effectively going to draw a blank. However, it also shows opposition teams that United aren’t capable of changing the game up when in a slump.
But Gabriele Biancheri could change this.
Gabriele Biancheri can be goal machine from the bench for United
With United’s struggles to add goals from the bench, perhaps Amorim needs to change his bench, and there might be no youngster better to be an impact sub right now than Biancheri.
While Biancheri is expected to head on loan in January if he was playing a part for United, then he’d surely stay.
Gabriele Biancheri
2025/26 Season Record (Club & Country)
Team Opponent Goals Assists
Man Utd U21 Tottenham U21(Won 4-1) 3 0
Man Utd U21 Athletic Bilbao (Int Cup)(Won 2-1) 1 1
Man Utd U21 Crystal Palace U21(Won 4-1) 1 1
Wales U21 Austria U21(Won 2-0) 1 0
Man Utd U21 Everton U21(Won 2-1) 0 1
Club/Country Other 8 Matches(Includes EFL Trophy, Nat League Cup & Wales) 0 0
COMBINED TOTAL 6 3
Data sourced from Transfermarkt & United In Focus (Nov 2025)
Biancheri brings pure goal-scoring ability with five so far this season, and also three assists, which is a tally that Amorim could do with having from the bench.
At 19, Biancheri is ready for first-team football, and from the bench for United, he could almost be an Ole Gunnar Solskjaer or Chicharito-like player right now.
If United want to push up the league, Amorim needs goals on the bench and Biancheri is the solution.