Who is Godwill Kukonki? Ruben Amorim includes 16-year-old star in first Man Utd squad today

Ruben Amorim is acceptable to see 16-year-old Godwill Kukonki successful his archetypal ever Manchester United squad against Ipswich Town this afternoon.

The Portuguese caput manager takes the reins for the archetypal clip contiguous having had almost a afloat week to enactment with his players astatine Carrington.

With galore of those lone returning from planetary work connected Wednesday and Thursday however, Amorim had the accidental to instrumentality a person look astatine immoderate of United’s young stars with centre-half Kukoni the latest to marque the leap to the elder set-up.

Amorim is expected to instrumentality a 3-4-3 formation astatine Old Trafford, investigating retired that strategy for the archetypal clip with his caller squad successful grooming this week.

While Matthijs de Ligt was distant with the Netherlands squad and with Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire carrying knocks, Kukoni was portion of the first-team radical successful training, playing successful that caller system.

It would look helium has instantly impressed his caller brag with the teen acceptable to beryllium rewarded with a spot successful the squad taking connected Ipswich astatine Portman Road this afternoon.

Who is Godwill Kukonki?

Kukoni is simply a left-footed centre-half who has already shown to beryllium a versatile enactment crossed the backline, besides filling successful astatine left-back.

While helium precocious making the Under-21s squad, the teen has shone for the Under-18s this term, playing 8 retired of 9 games for a broadside inactive to driblet points successful the league this word having besides kept 7 cleanable sheets successful that run.

Given his versatility and carnal attributes, determination person been aboriginal comparisons with Manchester City prima Josko Gvardiol.

Despite his tender years, Kukoni stands astatine a towering 6ft 5ins. Being a earthy left-footer, helium is an absorbing enactment Amorim whitethorn see going guardant successful that backmost 3 strategy with Martinez the lone enactment fitting that peculiar measure astatine the moment.

Luke Shaw, inactive play this season, did capable successful connected the near of that backmost 3 successful grooming this week and has impressed successful a centre-half relation successful erstwhile seasons. There is simply a lawsuit for him being shifted wrong nether the caller manager going guardant erstwhile helium returns to afloat fitness.

Will Godwill Kukonki play against Ipswich?

It’s unlikely. Handing a 16-year-old his elder debut successful your precise archetypal Premier League crippled would correspond a precise bold determination for Amorim. But helium has not hesitated to spot his religion successful younker successful the past.

During his years astatine Sporting, Amorim handed debuts to 9 teenagers, including Geovany Quenda successful September with the 17-year-old swiftly becoming an important first-team player.

‘You request young guys, guys from the Academy for everything,’ Amorim told a property league this week erstwhile asked however helium intends to usage United’s young endowment astatine his disposal.

‘To bring that past to the club…. due to the fact that they consciousness the nine successful a antithetic way. But besides due to the fact that you person each these rules astir fiscal just play, you person each these players from our academy, is truthful overmuch antithetic from the players we bought and sell. Everything is connected, I volition effort assistance each the players, particularly the young ones.’

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