supervisor provided an replace on the harm standing of and after the draw to Leeds, with the Portuguese suggesting he hopes to have the duo out there in midweek.
Mount and Fernandes had been amongst eight senior gamers who had been unavailable for the journey to Elland Highway, with the United captain having earlier than Mount was pressured off in opposition to Newcastle on Boxing Day.
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A depleted regardless of going behind, with Matheus Cunha cancelling out an opener from Brenden Aaronson, and Amorim mentioned after the sport that he would “count on to have some minutes” from Fernandes and Mount subsequent day out.
“Simply concentrate on the sport, let’s put together with what we’ve got, I count on to have some minutes with Bruno, Mason Mount, perhaps, we’ll see, so we’ve got two extra, with their high quality, gamers prepared to assist us,” mentioned the Portuguese, who additionally provided some .
When pressed whether or not he meant Mount and Fernandes would particularly be again for the journey to Burnley on Wednesday, Amorim merely replied: “We’ll see.”
Kobbie Mainoo, Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire additionally stay sidelined with harm points for United, with the important thing trio of Noussair Mazraoui, Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo additionally absent on account of worldwide commitments with their respective nations on the Africa Cup of Nations.
Fernandes has been sidelined since choosing up a thigh harm in opposition to Aston Villa on 21 December (Getty Photographs)
Amorim just lately , explaining that “if we’ve got to play an ideal 3-4-3, we have to spend some huge cash and we’d like time”.
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And whereas he can have sympathy from some corners, the draw to Leeds marks one other disappointing end result for United in the course of the busy winter schedule, with the Pink Devils having misplaced to Villa and drawn to Wolves both aspect of the win over Newcastle on Boxing Day.
Manchester United are coping with plenty of absences (PA Wire)
However, the purpose at Elland Highway takes United to fifth place forward of Chelsea dealing with Manchester Metropolis afterward, with the Pink Devils now solely two factors behind Liverpool in fourth forward of the Reds’ journey to Fulham.