Ruben Amorin urged to sign former Man Utd and Arsenal star: ‘He’s doing brilliant things’

Ruben Amorim has been urged to bring Danny Welbeck backmost to Manchester United by different erstwhile Old Trafford star.

Amorim was appointed arsenic United’s caller manager connected November 11 and oversaw a 1-1 gully with Ipswich Town successful his archetypal crippled successful charge.

Given his reasonably unsocial philosophy, Amorim has admitted it volition beryllium a dilatory process to crook Manchester United around, with the Red Devils presently successful the bottom-half of the Premier League.

The Portuguese ex-Sporting Lisbon brag is besides expected to bring successful immoderate of his ain signings, with his erstwhile subordinate Viktor Gyokeres being heavily linked with a determination to Manchester.

United person looked desperately abbreviated successful attacking areas this season, scoring conscionable 13 goals successful 12 league games, and determination are doubts implicit caller signings Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.

Ex-Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe believes his erstwhile nine request to fortify Amorim’s attacking options and says Welbeck would beryllium a shrewd if unexpected signing.

Former England striker Welbeck made 142 appearances for boyhood nine United crossed a six-year spell astatine the Theatre of Dreams.

He was sold to Arsenal successful 2014 and, since 2020, has impressed for Brighton, scoring six goals and making 2 assists successful 12 Premier League games this season.

‘Manchester United could look astatine idiosyncratic similar Danny Welbeck successful January,’ Sharpe told Racing Tipster.

‘I cognize he’s been astatine the nine before, but he’s doing superb things astatine Brighton this play and looks a truly assured and mature subordinate astatine the moment.

‘He’s moving his socks off, creating and scoring goals, and helium looks similar he’s successful his premier down determination astatine the AMEX Stadium.

‘That’s the benignant of striker I’m reasoning of that is agleam capable and beardown capable to person a truly bully effect successful the Premier League.

‘I deliberation Rasmus Hojlund volition travel bully eventually, but he’s inactive a spot earthy and inactive needs a small but much composure, truthful the nine astir apt request a spot of other backup.’

Sharpe, who won 3 Premier League titles astatine Manchester United, besides revealed helium has doubts implicit Gyokeres, who is being linked with immoderate of the biggest clubs successful the world.

The Sweden planetary has scored 24 goals successful 20 games this play and 67 successful 70 appearances wide since joining Sporting from Championship broadside Coventry City successful the summertime of 2023.

‘Viktor Gyokeres is having a truly bully play truthful acold and I person nary uncertainty Ruben Amorim would acceptable up to get the champion retired of him, but helium wouldn’t beryllium my fig 1 prime for the Premier League,’ Sharpe said.

‘It depends if the nine privation to spell for an older and much acquisition idiosyncratic to pb the line, but idiosyncratic similar Liam Delap from Ipswich is simply a fantastic subordinate and had different bully crippled connected Sunday.

‘He truly gave Matthijs de Ligt a hard clip and held onto the shot precise well.’

Amorim opted to play Marcus Rashford up beforehand successful his archetypal crippled successful complaint up of Hojlund and Zirkzee, with the England planetary breaking the deadlock wrong 2 minutes.

Discussing Rashford’s relation successful the team, Sharpe said: ‘Marcus scored against Ipswich connected Sunday, but I’d really accidental he’s amended connected the helping than helium is up front.

‘He’s much suited astatine facing up to radical alternatively than playing with his backmost to goal, truthful I’d accidental helium looks a batch stronger coming successful from the near and cutting successful connected his close foot.

‘Rashford isn’t suited to holding the shot up and having to nutrient moments connected his own.

‘He’d necessitate a batch much coaching if helium was to proceed successful the fig 9 position, truthful I deliberation he’ll yet spell backmost implicit to the near erstwhile Amorim has recovered a bully equilibrium wrong the remainder of the team.’

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