Ruben Amorim invites Man Utd's ex-Arsenal wonderkid to first-team setup amid striking woes

Former Arsenal youngster Chido Obi Martin has been impressing for Manchester United's Under-18 squad this play and has precocious featured successful elder squad grooming sessions

Chido Obi Martin has been precocious called up to bid with Manchester United ’s archetypal squad and the young striker has near Ruben Amorim suitably impressed.

Seventeen-year-old Obi Martin scored doubly successful a 5-2 Youth Cup triumph against Preston North End past week having besides produced an aboriginal assistance for Jack Fletcher.

And the Dane, who mimics Cristiano Ronaldo's "Siuu" solemnisation erstwhile uncovering the net, has been joining successful with elder squad sessions the time aft games erstwhile galore of Amorim’s stars are successful betterment mode.

However determination seems small imaginable of Obi Martin featuring successful a first-team matchday squad this play due to the fact that United are keen to support the teenager. He moved to the nine astatine the commencement of this play having spent 2 years astatine Arsenal ’s academy.

Amorim, meanwhile, appears nary person to bolstering his attacking frontline successful January’s transportation model contempt his struggling squad losing a seventh crippled since his accomplishment 2 months ago.

Departures are required earlier belt-tightening owners INEOS authorisation a spending flurry and Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho look the astir apt to permission successful the adjacent fortnight.

Last week, earlier the latest setback astatine location to Brighton, Amorim opened up connected the struggles of striker Rasmus Hojlund successful beforehand of goal - but insisted that the £70m signing is not to blame, alternatively saying their issues are collective.

Danish centre guardant Hojlund has scored lone 2 Premier League goals successful 17 appearances frankincense acold and looks severely abbreviated of confidence.

"I deliberation it's a squad problem,” Amorim said. “You tin spot it. It's not conscionable from now, it's from the past. So we have, clearly, a deficiency of goals and a deficiency of threat. When you endanger the opponents, the opponents possibly don't property you truthful high. So everything is connected

"All the players person moments successful this season. I deliberation erstwhile we started this travel together, Rasmus was the subordinate that was ever scoring. So helium tin travel backmost successful the adjacent game, we volition see."

United big Rangers successful an important Europa League clash connected Thursday nighttime earlier travelling to Fulham connected Sunday night. They beryllium 13th successful the array with Amorim suggesting that his squad whitethorn beryllium the worst successful the club’s past successful presumption of records.

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