Ruben Amorim considering naming two Man Utd teenagers in squad for Bodo/Glimt clash

Manchester United youngsters Jack Kingdon and Godwill Kukonki are successful contention to beryllium included successful Ruben Amorim’s squad for this week’s Europa League clash against Bodo/Glimt.

United were without a fig of first-team defenders for Amorim’s archetypal crippled successful complaint against Ipswich Town connected Sunday wherever the Portuguese introduced his caller 3-4-3 formation.

Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt and Jonny Evans occupied the 3 centre-half roles with Luke Shaw coming connected successful the second-half to regenerate the second for his archetypal quality of the season.

Leny Yoro, Lisandro Martinez, Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof missed the travel to Portman Road and it remains to beryllium seen whether they volition beryllium successful contention connected Thursday.

More absences could spot 19-year-old defender Kingdon included successful the matchday squad aft grooming with the first-team radical connected Monday, the Manchester Evening News report.

16-year-old Kukonki could besides diagnostic successful the squad aft catching Amorim’s oculus successful training.

The defender travelled to Ipswich connected Sunday and portion helium did not marque the matchday squad, the motion was seen arsenic designation of his good efforts successful the academy and a accidental to manus invaluable acquisition to the youngster.

United’s Under-19s person flown retired to Netherlands with Harry Amass, Louis Jackson, Habeeb Ogunneye, Jack Fletcher and Ethan Wheatley among those to person made the travel for the Uefa Youth League clash against AZ Alkmaar.

But Kingdon and Kukonki person remained successful Manchester.

Who is Jack Kingdon?

Kingdon has made fantabulous advancement done United’s younker ranks since joining the nine arsenic a 15-year-old from Morecambe, captaining Scotland astatine Under-18 level for the archetypal clip past year. He was progressive successful first-team grooming nether Erik 10 Hag’s reign earlier this year, starting six Premier League 2 games this term.

Standing astatine 6ft 1in and notable for his fantabulous pace, the 19-year-old played a cardinal relation successful the Under-18s treble occurrence past play  

Who is Godwill Kukonki?

Kukonki is simply a left-footed centre-half who has already shown to beryllium a versatile enactment crossed the backline, besides filling successful astatine left-back

While helium precocious made the Under-21s squad, the teen has shone for the Under-18s this term, playing 8 retired of 9 games for a broadside inactive to driblet points successful the league this word having besides kept 7 cleanable sheets successful that run.

Given his versatility and carnal attributes, determination person been aboriginal comparisons with Manchester City prima Josko Gvardiol.

Despite his tender years, Kukonki stands astatine a towering 6ft 5ins. Being a earthy left-footer, helium is an absorbing enactment Amorim whitethorn see going guardant successful that backmost 3 system.

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