Ruben Amorim teases debut for 17-year-old Man Utd academy striker after dropping Hojlund and Zirkzee

RUBEN AMORIM has teased the instauration of rising prima Chido Obi-Martin into the Manchester United archetypal squad fold.

Obi-Martin, 17, joined United earlier this play aft the Red Devils snatched him distant from Arsenal's academy.

The Danish teen has been highly rated for a agelong clip aft smashing younker records portion connected the books with Arsenal.

He managed an astonishing 32 goals successful conscionable 18 U18 Premier League appearances for the Gunners past season, and has scored 9 successful 11 for United's younker ranks this term.

It's that unbelievable goal-scoring prowess that has had United fans calling for the youngster to get a accidental amid dreary extremity droughts for centre-forward duo Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund.

Hojlund hasn't recovered the backmost of the nett successful immoderate 13 games, portion Zirkzee has scored conscionable 1 successful his past 16 appearances.

Their shocking grounds successful beforehand of goal, coupled with the departures of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony, has astatine slightest made Amorim springiness thought to promoting Obi-Martin to the archetypal team.

When quizzed astir giving Obi-Martin a chance, helium said: "He's doing job.

"He’s improving, he’s playing successful the younker teams, and besides we person different players who tin play that position.

"Rasmus and Josh are there. We bought these 2 players, we request to amended them, and sometimes the assurance tin alteration a player. We volition spot successful the extremity of the season.

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"But until past we person 2 strikers who tin people goals, they’ve proved successful the past, truthful let’s spot if we tin amended arsenic a squad to assistance them to people goals."

One younker prima that is being instantly brought up to the archetypal squad is Ayden Heaven.

Like Obi-Martin, the 18-year-old centre-back was poached distant from Arsenal - joining United this January.

And Amorim has hinted that the England U19 planetary is acceptable for the Premier League, alongside chap caller enlistee Patrick Dorgu.

He said: "We effort to find the close players with the physicality for this league, young players, bare players. Sometimes we cannot walk a batch of money. It’s that benignant of illustration we look for.

"And Dorgu has that quality to play successful this team, to improve. Ayden the aforesaid thing, helium is young, left-footed, cardinal defender. So the close illustration for america successful the moment."