Ruben Amorim reacts as Alejandro Garnacho makes impressive Manchester United U-turn

Ruben Amorim has heaped praise connected Alejandro Garnacho for the mode helium has kicked connected and "changed successful everything" since the disappointment of being near retired of the Manchester derby.

The latter's continued exile is dominating the headlines, with Amorim saying connected the eve of the Europa League lucifer against FCSB that helium "has to change" and conscionable his standards to person a aboriginal astatine Old Trafford.

Speculation rumbles connected implicit Rashford up of Monday's transportation deadline, arsenic does speech astir Garnacho's aboriginal - though the 20-year-old's effect to the City setback appears starkly different.

The talented guardant has knuckled down and impressed disconnected the bench, including providing an assist, successful Thursday's 2-0 triumph astatine FCSB arsenic United sealed advancement to the Europa League circular of 16.

"He changed close distant since that crippled against City," caput manager Amorim said of Garnacho. "The mode helium understands things and understands that I conscionable privation to assistance him, I conscionable privation to triumph games.

"He changed successful everything: the attack erstwhile you speech with him, the mode helium recovers.

"He understands that sometimes I'm a antithetic coach, that I americium demanding successful my mode and sometimes it's hard with the archetypal interaction due to the fact that it's a antithetic benignant of coach.

"He understands that it is ne'er successful a atrocious way, it's ever for him, but I americium antithetic person.

"I deliberation each the merit (goes to) Garnacho. He is improving and we privation to proceed to amended with Garnacho."

The homegrown 19-year-old provided 1 and scored the different successful a antheral of the lucifer show successful a much precocious relation successful Romania.

Amorim suggested helium preferred him determination arsenic helium has less antiaircraft responsibilities, arsenic helium downplayed speech implicit declaration negotiations and uncertainty affecting Mainoo.

"I don't deliberation it is (about) the contract," helium said. "Everybody successful England sees him arsenic a very, precise bully player.

"He played successful the European Championship final, truthful I deliberation it is much the position. Then he's not comfy due to the fact that earlier helium was ever playing and present helium sometimes plays, sometimes doesn't.

"But I deliberation the cardinal constituent is the position. It's antithetic for him, it demands a batch from him and today, successful that position, I consciousness that (he was) much blessed to play. Simple arsenic that.

"I don't look astatine conscionable the movements, the mode helium touched the ball. I consciousness it conscionable watching him. He was truthful blessed connected the pitch. That is important for maine due to the fact that if they are happy, they play better, truthful I deliberation helium tin alteration position."

Mainoo and Garnacho were cardinal parts of United's 2022 FA Youth Cup triumph and person flourished successful the archetypal team, scoring the goals successful May's FA Cup triumph against City.

Amorim wants much academy graduates arsenic helium underlined homegrown talents' value some to the squad and the club's fiscal situation.

"That portion is existent (about finances), but I privation players similar Kobbie and Garnacho," the caput manager said up of Sunday's lucifer against Crystal Palace.

"You person to bring much (through) due to the fact that that is thing that each the clubs successful England person to instrumentality vantage (of). The players that travel from academy - to play, to consciousness the garment and besides to sell."