Manchester United listens to offers for every member of Ruben Amorim's Squad in the Summer Ransfervars star, including Academy Graduate Kobbie Mainoo
Legend Gary Neville from Manchester United has urged the club not to sell Kobbie Mainoo, warning that it would be 'a step too far'. Mainoo, 20, broke in the first team of United under former boss Erik ten Hag and enjoyed a meteorical turnout during the 2023-24 season.
The midfielder then scored the side of Ten Hag Manchester City to win the FA Cup and he became a starter for England later that summer, so that the three lions helped the final of Euro 2024. But his progress has stuck this term.
Fitness problems and a change in training among new manager Ruben Amorim have the opportunities of Mainoo. The graduate of the United Academy was given birth to the Europa League final and Amorim only gave him a short cameo in stopping time.
His lack of minutes plus the decision of the Red Devils to give every player for sale this summer, has left the future of Mainoo in uncertainty. Neville, like many supporters, would be stripped to see the Leave born in stockport.
“Mainoo, no. That's a step too far,” Neville said on the Podcast It's Soccer Podcast. “If we can't give Kobbie Mainoo a job in those two in midfield … I look at Mainoo and the way he plays football and I think a top club would like him.
“Why can't we make him a top player? If he is one of ours and he has shown talent. I don't know what has been going on in recent months. He has clearly had what injuries that caused him a problem, so he must stay fit, but I would like to think he could be one of those two in midfield that Ruben Amorim plays.
“It is probably not Casemiro if his partner and it is probably not [Manuel] Ugarte as his partner, it is probably someone else there who is better than the two, if I am honest. But we should build around Kobbie Mainoo in the central midfield and not because he came through the ranks.
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“I think it's good to get rid of players who come through the ranks, but don't get rid of players who come through the ranks and showed what they can do. Marcus Rashford has long been to the club, [Alejandro] Garnacho has had two or three years and there is also a bit of a situation going on. But Mainoo is a no for me. He doesn't leave. “
Amorim has already assured Neville that he does not want to lose Mainoo, who was tipped to join the Premier League rival Chelsea in January. It came in the midst of reports that the representatives of the 20-year-old wages demanded in the region of £ 150,000 a week.
“I really love my players,” Amorim said. “I want to keep them, especially the talented. It is a difficult moment and I am really happy with Kobbie. He improves.”