Ruben Amorim hit with immediate injury blow as Man Utd star helped off pitch by medics

Ruben Amorim oversees his archetypal crippled arsenic Manchester United brag adjacent play against Ipswich but the Portuguese manager has a large headache to flooded up of the game

Ruben Amorim could beryllium without Victor Lindelof for his archetypal crippled successful complaint aft a caller wounded concern.

The Portuguese manager was appointed arsenic Manchester United’s caller boss earlier this month. And having been granted his enactment visa, Amorim volition oversee his archetypal crippled with the nine adjacent weekend.

The Red Devils question to Portman Road for a showdown with newly-promoted Ipswich. But United could beryllium without 1 of their defenders for the trip.

Lindelof was named successful Sweden’s starting line-up for their Nations League clash with Slovakia connected Saturday evening. But his quality lasted little than fractional an hour.

He had to beryllium helped disconnected the transportation by 2 members of the Swedish aesculapian unit and is present a large uncertainty for the weekend’s game. Lindelof’s contented comes conscionable days aft helium admitted helium was aiming to unit himself into contention nether Amorim.

Speaking to Fotbolldirekt, helium said: "This is not thing I deliberation about. My absorption has been to travel backmost from the wounded and play shot again. But of course, determination volition beryllium writings present what volition hap erstwhile I americium successful my past year.

"My extremity is ever to assistance the team. Now I person travel back, made 90 minutes astatine United which has been precise nice. It's a antithetic concern for maine now."

Lindelof really played nether Amorim during the pair’s clip with Portuguese giants Benfica. Opening up connected his narration with his caller boss, the defender added: "I was young astatine the time, and we didn't person a narration extracurricular of football, but I've heard large things astir him arsenic a coach. It volition beryllium large to conscionable him again. It's been galore years since we played together.”

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Lindelof, 30, has endured a rollercoaster stint astatine United since joining from Benfica. He has made 266 appearances for the Red Devils successful each competitions and portion helium has made 7 outings this term, conscionable 3 of those person been starts.

Should helium beryllium sidelined, the centre-back volition go the latest interest for caller United brag Amorim. Defenders Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and Tyrell Malacia are each presently sidelined, portion Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire are some doubts. Kobbie Mainoo is besides acceptable to acquisition investigating up of adjacent Sunday’s travel to Ipswich.

Speaking up of his debut, Amorim said: “We cognize that we request time, but we person to triumph time. To triumph clip is to triumph games. But the astir important happening for maine is identity. So since time 1 we volition commencement with our identity.

“Of people we are going to hole the games, but we volition absorption a batch successful our crippled model. How to play, however to press, these tiny things, tiny details. You cannot spell 100% connected each item due to the fact that it volition beryllium confusing for the players. So if I person to accidental 1 thing, my main goal, my archetypal goal, is identity.”

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