Man Utd Come First, Amorim Tells Mainoo & Zirkzee

Manchester United caput coach Ruben Amorim has not ruled retired Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee leaving successful January to further their World Cup ambitions - but says nan interests of his nine will travel first.

Neither subordinate has started a Premier League crippled this season. Zirkzee has figured for conscionable 82 minutes successful nan apical flight, while Mainoo has played for 93 minutes since coming connected astatine half-time against Burnley connected 30 August.

Both players are known to beryllium unhappy astir nan business and - having mislaid their world spots pinch England and nan Netherlands respectively - are keen to unafraid January moves to get regular crippled clip earlier adjacent summer's World Cup.

Amorim sympathises pinch nan pair, but says he will only punishment moves if they are correct for United.

"I was a shot player," he said. "I understand everything, and I want to thief my players successful each situation.

"I understand nan vexation of immoderate players, seeing nan World Cup is there. I cognize what it means.

"But nan first point is that nan nine comes first. If I tin thief nan nine and nan players, I will beryllium happy. If not I person to deliberation astir nan team."

Both Mainoo and Zirkzee could profit from nan wounded to striker Benjamin Sesko and nan departures of Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo to nan Africa Cup of Nations adjacent month.

That is without nan unusual lawsuit of Matheus Cunha, who pulled retired of a planned quality to move connected nan Altrincham Christmas lights connected Saturday pinch an wounded a nine root described arsenic "minor".

United are connected a 5 -game unbeaten tally heading into Monday's crippled against Everton astatine Old Trafford.

But United's 2 astir caller games were draws astatine Nottingham Forest and Tottenham that required precocious equalisers aft Amorim's broadside had squandered first-half leads.

For that reason, nan erstwhile Sporting leader is reluctant to opportunity nan "storm" he predicted successful his early days astatine nan nine has passed.

"I don't for illustration to opportunity nan large wind is over," he said. "It's my job, particularly successful our club, to ever person that emotion [that a large wind is coming].

"It gives maine nan consciousness of urgency successful each training [session] and, successful nan Premier League, everything tin alteration truthful accelerated because each nan teams tin triumph immoderate game."