Manchester United star Kobbie Mainoo is yet to play a single minute this season and the midfielder is now open to leaving Old Trafford before the transfer window slams shut
A Manchester United star who has been compared to Zinedine Zidane is reportedly considering leaving the club this summer after being left on their bench for the first two games of the new season.
Kobbie Mainoo was an unused substitute for United's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal and 1-1 draw with Fulham, with Ruben Amorim preferring Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte ahead of him.
As a result, talkSPORT are now reporting that the 20-year-old is open to leaving United in the final week of the transfer window. Mainoo has yet to agree a new deal with the club and his current contract is due to expire in 2027.
United legend Paul Scholes has previously likened Mainoo to Zidane, telling the Guardian last year: "He's the nearest thing I've seen to Zidane in taking a ball, receiving the ball, cruising past people.
"I heard there was a young lad holding his own against Casemiro in training, sometimes better than him. But you have to go out and do it. The first time I saw him I remember that calmness. The way he received the ball with confidence; I just couldn't believe such a young player could do that.
"That calmness didn't come for me as quick as it did for Kobbie. I'd say it came five or six years into my career. That's why it amazes me. He's so relaxed, the game's so easy to him. It's almost like poetry in motion.
"That calmness will be vital throughout his career. It's [something] just in you. The sky's the limit for this lad if he keeps his head down. And he looks like the type who will stay on an even keel."
Amorim was quizzed about Mainoo after the Fulham game and warned the England international that he is competing for a place in the team with club captain Fernandes. "He's fighting for the position now with Bruno and I change two midfielders," Amorim said.
"I let Mason Mount [play] there because we want to score a goal and when I changed I felt the team need to return to one holding midfielder near Bruno.
"So he just needs to fight for the position with Bruno, as [it] should be at Manchester United. [Sometimes] he's going to play with Bruno, but at the moment he's fighting in training with Bruno for the position."
JorgeJamaika
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This guy is failing because of his stupid ego. why stick to what is not working?? Always deploying plaers out of their natural positions???
Amorim now is the only person Man utd need to release, because he has good players that can win him trophies but his stupidness and stubbornness can't allow him to know how to use them, 4-4-2, 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 can work very well for him if he wants to play all of his new signings + Bruno and Mainoo in the same XI. I think Man utd should look for an experienced manager.
simabrsu
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who give Man United this coach
Bocbenou
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✍️✍️
Gabriellllll9
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when Amorim can at united I thought he is going to transform the team now this issue of mistreating players will not eork
Emuegba23
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amorim should go oh please let's go for zidane
Emuegba23
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Ruben amorim is mad how wish he can see the my comment, if mainoo leaves the club God in heaven will punish you heavily it will not be well with you and Bruno, you guys are out there to destroy Manchester united but your plan will not work, wicked and evil coach of all time.. na even man u board i blame carry mad men as coach in recent years.
ridaclmno
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Amorim has to be checked mentally,that guy is Crazy for real,Rushford,Sancho,Anthony,Gaunarcho now Mainoo what else does he wants
WNMessi1989
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Amorim say he put Mason there to score goal, where is it? not even chance creation. Mount must be sxxxxing Amorim dry everyday
Honabeiklr
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amorim has no good plan in Manchester United than every time story, which I believe is mentality idea will not work
Likcdemnou
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Bruno must complete with Cuhna not mainoo
Taaaikrstz
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Ruben maybe you don't know Kobbie Mainoo it's Man united new Zinedine Zidane ok us we dot want to lose him ok make plan with your two players Ugarte and Mount those two players they are doing thng
hece
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amorim pliz just leave Manchester United if you can't manage coz you don't even know how to arrange a starting line up and you have players... fuck you
wiabcersy
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Amorim is not the Amorim that all football fatalities know from Portugal because I was very happy 😀 when I heard the news Amorim is coming to Manchester United I knew the development of our young boys is secured but Amorim used to be a RED DEVIL 😈 😉
Davichi
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Who is busy comparing Mainoo to Zidane? They're totally different players and Mainoo suits a DM more than an AM. It would be very bad if United losses a player like that.
dapacilrtz
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AMORIM is stupid for that statement with Kobbie Mainoo
Muxut05Reigns
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Amorim is really stubborn, huh! Bruno has clearly lost the moral after missing the penalty yet he's just supposed to be in there for the sake of captaincy or what? Mainoo was definitely supposed to get a chance there, allowing Bruno to calm down and get at ease.
mobanosuy
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yes yes is Moi again
Vowdelmptu
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sell Bruno Fernandes and sack Ruben amorim.
Vowdelmptu
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u fucker Ruben amorim out
Maubcptuyz
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Bad coach for real why must he fight with Bruno for it,he can play better than him,his decision making is better than Bruno!,ive never bought into Bruno is feel his the reason we losing games very selfish player,he forgets the basics!
MukisaGerald
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Instead of loosing players when the coach doesn't know how to use them it's better we get rid of the coach because the team is no longer a team
jedaeklpy
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from today have stopped surpoting Manchester united until they sacked amorim my enemy
Zueacknsu
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This is a very stupid coach...
milajacob
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United should bring back our legend VVR
Fiobcdiopy
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Amorin is stupid. is ugarte n casemiro better than kobi mainoo? in a long distance, NO. Amorin is destroying the club n the careers of Great players. He felt out with Garnacho n now Mainoo. He is egoistic n proud n sud be sacked soon. Nothingham manager sud replace him who has brilliant tactical knowledge n forest is performing well with unknowns.
Femklmory
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fernandes he is not holding he is aterkig but this amorim he is not a good person for this club bring our legend rud vannestroy
Rvicky
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Amorim will ruin Man utd further with 0 clear path of academy players into the first team
Kinito_Kinny
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Just 2 games! Just 2 GAMES so far and now these STUPID media started making the headlines on United players! 🤡🤡🤡
Red_DeviIs
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Amorin out Amorin out Amorin out
Stupid plastic
Red_DeviIs
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TalkSHIT…. That’s how you know it’s fake news
fohmnrsyz
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Yes out go sacke Amorin
then you will be the next couch 😂
Bocbenou
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Sack Amorim to save sinking ship for still hanging on his formula before it's too late
Yes out go sacke Amorin
Bocbenou
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This coach is so desperate to ruin our young players' careers by all means. This coach is not good as a coach and as a human being. He don't know how to manage players, especially young ones like Garnacho, Kobie Mainoo and co. This is really a disasterous statistic. This coach's stubborness is taking us nowhere close to the top 10 on the table let alone top 4 finish before we even start dreaming of winning the league. My darling Manchester is completely finished!💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭😭
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I see you Amorin out go
Bocbenou
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Woww
nuuemnpt
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United has only played 2 games, the coach can't play everyone at once. Let Mainoo chill, his time will come
Cekabcpsy
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This coach is so desperate to ruin our young players' careers by all means. This coach is not good as a coach and as a human being. He don't know how to manage players, especially young ones like Garnacho, Kobie Mainoo and co. This is really a disasterous statistic. This coach's stubborness is taking us nowhere close to the top 10 on the table let alone top 4 finish before we even start dreaming of winning the league. My darling Manchester is completely finished!💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭😭
Weoabclmsy
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Amorim didn't pull out Fernandes in the Fulham game even he had a bad game. Unlike Arteta who subbed Ordegard.
Weoabclmsy
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Amorim has a bad attitude on sticking to the players who can't perform. He has pet players. These players will be fielded though they underperform.
Weoabclmsy
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Play him with Bruno. Rest Casemiro. Do not make the same idiotic mistake selling McTominay to Napoli. He shnes there. Learn from past mistakes.
nesacinotu
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Sack Amorim to save sinking ship for still hanging on his formula before it's too late
febckprsu
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pls Amorin don't come and destroy our lovely club why sacking the young talented players who are you??? perhaps you don't know your job pls get at off ther useless coach[5percent]
nehainory
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My concern with Amorim is he doesn't substitute Bruno Fernandez even do he has a bad day...I think he scared of Fernandez turning against him...
nehainory
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sometimes the way this media carry some issues baffles me..was mainoo not in united last season? was he not given lots of minutes? what impact did he make? can he give you 10 goals a season? he was sloppy on the ball many times and he couldn't run..when casimero was on the bench because of his form mainoo couldn't seize his moments but bruno was our best player last season and even casimero fought back to win his place last season just that we lacked finishers..now many of United fans pundits are blaming the coach and his system..and making it look like mainoo is one great football player..is mainoo better than schools or Keane? he has talent no doubt,but he hasn't prove himself yet to earn a starting spot for united.and you guys should also remember that the other coaches that came before amorim were all using the same formation and it didn't take us anywhere..still same old problem..now Ruben is coming with a different tactics and formation you people are complaining..what will dey do to ever satisfy you fans..leave him alone let him do his job if it doesn't work then fine because I am still optimistic about his style of play not until it is proven otherwise.
right on point 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿✅
wepceprst
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sometimes the way this media carry some issues baffles me..was mainoo not in united last season? was he not given lots of minutes? what impact did he make? can he give you 10 goals a season? he was sloppy on the ball many times and he couldn't run..when casimero was on the bench because of his form mainoo couldn't seize his moments but bruno was our best player last season and even casimero fought back to win his place last season just that we lacked finishers..now many of United fans pundits are blaming the coach and his system..and making it look like mainoo is one great football player..is mainoo better than schools or Keane? he has talent no doubt,but he hasn't prove himself yet to earn a starting spot for united.and you guys should also remember that the other coaches that came before amorim were all using the same formation and it didn't take us anywhere..still same old problem..now Ruben is coming with a different tactics and formation you people are complaining..what will dey do to ever satisfy you fans..leave him alone let him do his job if it doesn't work then fine because I am still optimistic about his style of play not until it is proven otherwise.
don't also forget that Ferguson is more ruthless than the other coaches we've had.. Ferguson won't take this from all this young lads..they are becoming spoilt with money these days.. Ferguson was able to fish out those players capable of destroying the dressing room and sold all of them and he was getting result..they went to bring pogba back and see want pogba did to the dressing room with his ego..and he could not even contribute anything to the team and he was earning big..those are the things you need to avoid in united whether the player is good or not.
wepceprst
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sometimes the way this media carry some issues baffles me..was mainoo not in united last season? was he not given lots of minutes? what impact did he make? can he give you 10 goals a season? he was sloppy on the ball many times and he couldn't run..when casimero was on the bench because of his form mainoo couldn't seize his moments but bruno was our best player last season and even casimero fought back to win his place last season just that we lacked finishers..now many of United fans pundits are blaming the coach and his system..and making it look like mainoo is one great football player..is mainoo better than schools or Keane? he has talent no doubt,but he hasn't prove himself yet to earn a starting spot for united.and you guys should also remember that the other coaches that came before amorim were all using the same formation and it didn't take us anywhere..still same old problem..now Ruben is coming with a different tactics and formation you people are complaining..what will dey do to ever satisfy you fans..leave him alone let him do his job if it doesn't work then fine because I am still optimistic about his style of play not until it is proven otherwise.
Kobe is a good player..is just that media and fans want to use this singular act of the coach not bringing Kobe in a match or two to castigate him and make him look like a bad coach..Kobe performs one match and you will not see him again in many matches..for me Kobe is better than ugarte but can Kobe defend? have you seen Kobe struggling to run back in the middle of the field just to track down a player? ugarte is there for the dirty job..just solely to mark apart from that ugarte has nothing to offer..bruno missed penalty and many fans and pundits are saying dey should sell him..no midfielder in man united history can give you the kind of goals Bruno has contributed or scored..is it the Bruno you want to bench for Kobe? united begged Kobe for renewal of contract but he was threatening to leave because he wants 250 a week..when he is not even consistent for 2 games straight..while mount has been injured but it mount can be fit he is more of an advantage than Kobe because he can play different positions very well..if you watch pre season and our match against arsenal and Fulham you won't tell me that mount didn't play good football is not that goals wasn't coming..don't get me wrong I like Kobe but he still needs to keep his head down and learn more and be mature in the next two to three seasons he will become a great player not with this attitude of him wanting a big salary or putting money before football.his contribution has not earned him such huge amounts for money before you know it he will become proud like genarcho and destroy his own career.
Mvpdriller
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Who else is thinking man- u will end up in 15th again this seat
emondorock
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that's a stupid statement...so he will drop captain? never. Go to Saudi they are stupid enougth to pay that idiot 33 mil a year.
noebemnrz
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amorim should stop 3-4-3 we don't like it and he should start benching dorgu
BongYong
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Dalot is the worst, I don't see any improvement in him. Yes, he does overlapping but that's just running not performing.
Necaksuyz
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woo that what maino shouldn't bench by Amorim this is ridiculously he should bench casimiro.