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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has defended his resolution to not choose Chido Obi for the Europa League squad.
Amorim was talking on the pre-match press convention forward of the primary leg of the tie in opposition to Actual Sociedad, alongside Matthijs de Ligt.
He was requested why Obi was not included within the registered squad.
“It was a special context in that second,” he replied. “It was fully totally different and we selected totally different gamers.”
A query was then posed as to why he was solely taking a squad of 18 gamers to San Sebastian and why he has not stuffed the bench with substitutes within the final two video games.
“We attempt to handle all of the squad and the substitutions,” he answered. “To deliver these [young] gamers is a giant step, we’re managing expectation of the children.”
“I’m making an attempt to consider each facet. I’m not enthusiastic about what it should seem like with their pals and the media.
“Amass is right here immediately. Within the final recreation in opposition to Fulham, we needed Amass however he performed the entire recreation in opposition to Arsenal Below-18s so he was not in our squad.”
The boss additionally confirmed that Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte won’t participate.
“We’re being cautious. They can’t play the sport,” he stated.
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