Ruben Amorim warned Man Utd selection is a 'con' with in repeat of mistake

Gary Neville has warned Ruben Amorim against playing Kobbie Mainoo successful a mendacious 9 role, insisting that Manchester United request a proven beingness up apical aft their nonaccomplishment to Crystal Palace

Gary Neville has issued a stark informing to Ruben Amorim astir utilising Kobbie Mainoo arsenic a mendacious nine.

Manchester United brag Amorim chose to play Mainoo centrally successful spot of forwards Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund - a determination Neville suspects was either an experimentation oregon indicative of Amorim's deficiency of religion successful his strikers.

Despite immoderate advantages of a mendacious 9 setup, Neville doesn't judge this is the reply to United's problems. He said: "When I saw Kobbie Mainoo up beforehand yesterday, I thought [Bruno] Fernandes was going to play successful that presumption oregon something. [Alejandro] Garnacho mightiness play up beforehand and Fernandes to the right.

"When I saw Kobbie Mainoo arsenic a centre guardant oregon dropping in, I thought, 'It's good that. You'll get power of the game'. A small spot of what I've talked astir here, you tin get decent shot and it tin con you. It tin kid you this decent football, wherever you're watching bully passes extracurricular of the container and up to the last third.

"It's astir putting the shot successful the backmost of the net. It's astir getting bodies successful the box, it's astir getting bodies crossed defenders and making definite that you're truly creating chances. And that's not going to hap that much. Everything has to beryllium cleanable with Kobbie Mainoo up front, and Garnacho and Amad.

"You've got 3 rather lightweight players, truly talented, bully players. But everything has to beryllium perfectly perfect, and I'm conscionable reasoning astir it from a Crystal Palace constituent of presumption if I'm a defender. I'm thinking, 'I fancy this, I tin out-muscle these'. They're crisp but they're not accelerated quick.

"There's nary existent extremity scorers determination amongst them, I cognize they tin spot in. And I'm thinking, 'We've got a accidental here'. So I'm seeing that squad expanse and I'm thinking, 'We've got a chance.'" However, Neville besides conceded that introducing Zirkzee oregon Hojlund mightiness person posed a much formidable situation for Palace's defence owed to their physicality.

He added: "Now, I'm not saying that if they seen Hojlund up front, each of a abrupt they'll beryllium starting to panic, but they'll beryllium thinking, 'At slightest they've got a carnal presence, they've got a battle'. Zirkzee's a large lad. They're superb these players. I conscionable felt that erstwhile I saw that squad yesterday, I thought if I was Crystal Palace I'd beryllium fancying it.

"And I was speaking to Lee Dixon successful the motortruck watching it and I'd beryllium like, 'I'd beryllium amazed if Crystal Palace don't people a mates of goals, and I can't spot however United are going to score. Where's it going to travel from?'." He besides highlighted the request for changes astatine United, questioning erstwhile selections involving Christian Eriksen and Casemiro.

Neville continued: "You know, the Casemiro and [Christian] Eriksen 1 the different week...Zirkzee aft 30 minutes and helium had to alteration that midfield. He brought Mainoo on. There's sometimes erstwhile you spot a team, it doesn't look right. If it doesn't look right, it rather often isn't close and it doesn't astonishment you."

Erik 10 Hag's high-profile summertime signing Zirkzee, who joined Old Trafford for £35.8million from Bologna, has yet to radiance nether caller manager Amorim, scoring conscionable 3 goals successful 24 Premier League games. In contrast, Hojlund's grounds is adjacent little impressive, with conscionable 2 goals successful 19 league matches for United this term.

The Red Devils' caller 2-0 decision by Crystal Palace has near them languishing successful 13th spot successful the Premier League, managing lone 8 victories from 24 games.

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