Man Utd whiz Jack Moorhouse, 19, ‘to join first-team for Tottenham trip’

RUBEN AMORIM has promoted Manchester United whizkid Jack Moorhouse to the travelling squad for the clash at Tottenham, reports suggest.

The 19-year-old has impressed for the Under-21s this season after scoring three times in seven Premier League 2 appearances.

Amorim, 40, personally watched the midfielder during a 5-1 win over Southampton in December alongside Darren Fletcher and Jason Wilcox.

Moorhouse scored twice in the game and has now been rewarded for his fine form with a call-up to the first team, according to the Daily Mail.

The Manchester-born star is favoured for his exceptional ball-carrying ability, a trait perfectly suited to Amorim's system.

And now he has been included in the travelling squad for the Sunday clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but it is unclear whether he will be named in the 20-player matchday squad.

While Moorhouse might have been introduced into the team as the season progressed anyway, his sudden draft into the travelling senior team comes amid an injury crisis.

This week Amorim indicated there had been problems for a number of players.

And it has now been reported by The Athletic that all of the injuries affect the engine room.

Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer are all said to have been struck down in training.

Ugarte and Collyer are both major doubts for the Tottenham game.

Meanwhile, Mainoo's injury is said to be more serious and could see the Carrington graduate sidelined for more than a couple of weeks.

Injuries across the board have seen Amorim promote a number of youngsters into first-team training.

Striker Chido Obi and winger James Scanlon were not included with the Under-18 squad on Saturday following their participation in first-team training this week.

Asked specifically about 17-year-old Obi, Amorim said: "I don’t want to say names.

“We have to be careful on that. We have problems this week, we called some young players to be in our training. We have some data evaluation. He is one of them.”

Amorim was forced to name 21-year-old goalkeeper Hubert Graczyk on the Man Utd bench for the first time in the FA Cup triumph over Leicester with both Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton out injured.

Graczyk is effectively seventh-choice at Old Trafford, but fifth and eighth-choice players Elyh Harrison and William Murdock have been included in first-team training this week.

New arrival Ayden Heaven was also named on the bench after recently signing from Arsenal, while Patrick Dorgu started the game before he was hooked at half-time of the 2-1 win.