Ruben Amorim still hopes that Bryan Mbeumo will be able to make his Manchester United debut during the club's summer tour by the US after missing the victory over West Ham in Metlife Stadium in New Jersey.
Mbeumo completed its £ 71 million relocation from Brentford just in time to participate in United's three-competition trip to America.
But he ran too far behind in his preparations for the season to appear in the opening game of the Premier League Summer Series, because two goals from Captain Bruno Fernandes Amorim's Side victory gave the Hammers.
The 25-year-old succeeded with the players of United in Chicago, both on Soldier Field and the training headquarters of the Chicago Fire, the Endeavour Health Performance Center.
Amorim admitted that Mbeumo will not appear in the second game when they take on Bournemouth in Soldier Field in the early hours of Thursday morning.
However, the United Boss is hopeful that the Cameroon International could play a role in the last game against Everton in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta next Sunday.
“He is not going to play the next play,” said Amorim, who brought his players through a training session after the game in New Jersey before they immediately returned to Chicago from Westchester.
'We hope to have Bryan in the last game. He trains now, so we'll see. '
United still has a friendlier – against Fiorentina in Old Trafford on August 9 – before they start the season of Arsenal eight days later.
On Saturday evening, Fernandes' Double United gave a 2-1 victory against West Ham, who scored by Jarrod Bowen in the second half.