Sunday's Manchester derby will be the toughest test of Ruben Amorim's reign so far, with the manager desperate to avoid losing his bragging rights.
But his focus will also be on the upcoming January transfer window, with the next three weeks offering the chance to fully assess his squad. One player who appears to be heading for an exit is Marcus Rashford.
The striker has been desperately poor over the past two seasons, with Jamie Carragher now urging Amorim to become ruthless and sell the Englishman. However, Amorim seems ready to keep Andre Onana.
The goalkeeper made another terrible mistake in the win over Viktoria Plzen, but retains the support of his manager. Here, Mirror Football collects all the latest Manchester United transfer news.
Onana's hint has been dropped
Ruben Amorim will not be looking for a new goalkeeper in January, the Manchester United boss has hinted. Onana made a big mistake by gifting Viktoria Plzen a goal in midweek, but Amorim is now backing the Cameroonian.
“We have to take it as it is. He already had such a situation in the past. So we have to work on that. If you see the game, we try to build a lot with the goalkeeper who makes the balls.” Matthijs de Ligt very often,” he said on Friday.
This time we had a little break in the game and when we tried to do this we conceded a goal, a difficult goal for us early in the second half. But we did it, not like against Nottingham Forest. We were able to help Onana, just as he did for us in the past.”
Wonderkid alert sent
Manchester United chiefs have been told to increase their bid for Southampton wonderkid Tyler Dibling. The 18-year-old has impressed for the Saints despite their poor season, but boss Russell Martin has insisted United will have to pay much more than £21million for him.
“I've been told rumors about Man Utd, there was an offer of £21 million. I'm not sure you get his left foot for that. We offered him a contract, a very good contract for someone his age. don't think his agent agrees, so that's where we are now,” Martin said.
“I think Tyler wants it done, I think Tyler's parents want it done, so we'll see how long that takes. There is an option. We can extend. I don't think we want to do that – we want to reward Tyler for his performances.”
Amorim insisted on ruthlessly calling Rashford
United boss Amorim has been told to sell Marcus Rashford. Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has insisted the forward is no longer performing to the standards expected of a player on his lucrative contract.
“Given how many signings have fallen in value since I joined United, I'm not surprised to see big names like Marcus Rashford being linked with a move. United should sell him because he is not providing value for his lucrative contract,” he told the Telegraph.
“Eleven goals in his 48 league games over the last 18 months is not good enough. There has been too much pantomime around Rashford in recent seasons and the promise he showed when he came into the team has not been realised. is now 27. and should be in his prime.”
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