Chris Sutton names two Man Utd players who may down tools under Ruben Amorim

Chris Sutton feels Manchester United duo Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund whitethorn ‘think astir not applying themselves’ nether Ruben Amorim.

Amorim decided to omit some strikers from his XI against Crystal Palace connected Sunday for the archetypal clip since his archetypal crippled successful complaint against Ipswich.

The United caput manager instead played midfielder Kobbie Mainoo successful a mendacious 9 role, which ended up being a failed experiment, arsenic United mislaid 2-0.

Sutton believes Amorim has created a ‘real problem’ and has warned that Zirkzee and Hojlund could down tools for the remainder of the season.

Former Premier League striker Sutton, who present works arsenic a shot pundit, told the BBC: ‘If you are Zirkzee oregon Hojlund and you’re seeing Mainoo – who is simply a truly fantabulous footballer but isn’t a centre-forward oregon mendacious 9 – being picked, you are thinking: ‘How connected world is helium playing successful beforehand of me?’

‘That is simply a existent problem. Amorim is fundamentally telling the brace of them that helium doesn’t complaint them successful immoderate way, signifier oregon form.

‘He could suffer these 2 players, mentally, for the remainder of the play present and they mightiness deliberation astir not applying themselves.’

Former Arsenal prima and chap pundit Theo Walcott added: ‘Managers sometimes bash this to trial players.

‘They privation to spot whether the subordinate is with them oregon not. It’s going to beryllium absorbing to spot however Manchester United bash header with this.

‘I conscionable deliberation it’s an absorbing dynamic for Amorim to make, peculiarly if helium is truthful fixed connected this formation.’

Meanwhile, ex-United defender Paul Parker has told Metro that Amorim whitethorn person been trying to nonstop a connection to the club’s hierarchy by benching some Zirkzee and Hojlund against Palace.

‘It could person been a awesome to the radical supra him to fto them cognize that helium has nary religion successful the 2 players helium has tried there,’ Parker said.

‘It’s similar having 2 goalkeepers connected the bench. Every instrumentality knows that erstwhile a manager puts 2 keepers connected the bench, he’s making a constituent to those supra him that helium needs someone. I deliberation it could person been that.’

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