After Aston Villa v Manchester United, Ruben Amorim faces fresh setback | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United returned to losing ways last Sunday, December 21, this time against Aston Villa, with a score of 2-1. However, the headaches for the former Sporting coach were not only related to the result, but also to Bruno Fernandes’ injury.

After the final whistle at Villa Park, the Portuguese manager confirmed that the former Sporting midfielder will miss the 18th round Premier League match against Newcastle, next Friday (12/26), along with Kobbie Mainoo.

“We’ll see what we’re going to do. We will find solutions. There are no excuses. We need to win the next game, and we will try to win the next game,” Ruben Amorim began, in statements reproduced by The Guardian.

The Portuguese international and Mainoo join a medical report that already included Matthijs de Ligt, which limits the Red Devils’ options for upcoming fixtures. However, Ruben Amorim made it clear that United cannot turn to the transfer market in ‘desperation’, just to patch up the squad.

“What we cannot do is reach January and try to do everything in a rush, only to then think ‘Here we go again’ and make several mistakes. I am not going to go to Jason [Wilcox, sporting director] and Omar [Berrada, CEO], and say that we need several players, because we have a plan,” stressed the coach, addressing United’s near future.

“If we have to suffer, the club comes first. Of course, we are in a moment where we need points, but we need to find solutions, and we will stick to our plan. You can feel, right now, that we are going to have difficulties, but we’ll see. We have to deal with it,” concluded Ruben Amorim, at a time when the Old Trafford side sits in seventh place in the Premier League.

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