Ruben Amorim drops Everton line-up hint and singles out Man Utd's 'great player'

New Manchester United manager singles retired Diogo Dalot for praise arsenic helium gets his squad acceptable for a pugnacious carnal situation against Sean Dyche's strugglers astatine Old Trafford

Ruben Amorim is expecting “a batch of fighting” erstwhile helium comes up against 1 of England’s old-school bosses astatine Old Trafford.

In his archetypal Premier League location match, the Manchester United manager faces Sean Dyche and is expecting Everton to supply a fierce carnal challenge.

Amorim said: “It’s going to beryllium a antithetic lucifer with a batch of fighting, agelong balls, 2nd balls. They person a prime manager that understands the league, that understands the infinitesimal of the opponent. We request to person the ball.”

Since Everton played retired a goalless gully against Brentford astatine Goodison Park past Saturday, Amorim’s United person made a travel to Ipswich and had a five-goal thriller against Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League connected Thursday night. But the Portuguese manager is refusing to kick astir the schedule.

He said: “It is what it is. And we volition rotate players and we volition beryllium ready. Against Bodo, we had to usage 4 subs to negociate the fitness, not negociate the game.

"We negociate the fitness. We person to bash it. We already cognize that it volition beryllium similar that truthful nary excuse. We should beryllium acceptable for Sunday and we person to win.

“We person a abbreviated clip to recover. We request to rotate the team. I anticipation for a triumph and I anticipation to spot antithetic things and to spot my squad amended similar we did from Ipswich to Bodo, with Everton. I expect to spot antithetic things and amended things.”

Although Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof are sidelined - and Leny Yoro has not yet to marque a squad nether the caller brag - United’s wounded issues are easing, which means Amorim has plentifulness of options. But 1 subordinate astir guaranteed a starting spot is Diogo Dalot.

“He is simply a large player,” declared Amorim. “He tin play some sides, which is perfect. He lives the game.

"He’s precise powerful. We person to rotate him sometimes due to the fact that helium looks similar helium is ever caller but he’s not similar that. He’s not a machine.

“I deliberation helium plays amended connected the close and we volition negociate to enactment him besides connected the right. I expect the aforesaid from arsenic you saw successful the past twelvemonth (Dalot was United’s Player of the Year) - a large subordinate that tin assistance the squad and is truly a squad player.”

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