{"id":90205,"date":"2025-11-15T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/man-utds-transfer-plan-amid-ruben-amorims-afcon-challenge"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:17:23","slug":"man-utds-transfer-plan-amid-ruben-amorims-afcon-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/man-utds-transfer-plan-amid-ruben-amorims-afcon-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd&#8217;S Transfer Plan Amid Ruben Amorim&#8217;S AFCON Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ruben Amorim will rely on Manchester United\u2019s academy stars to help provide cover come the turn of the year. The Red Devils will be forced to utilise the full extent of their depth as the Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in December, and United will look at who they have at their disposal rather than turning to the January transfer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Amorim will rely on the club\u2019s prospects to fill out his squad and cover any absences from players heading to Morocco, as well as any long-term injury to Benjamin Sesko. United will avoid any rash January signings, and their priority remains signing a midfielder in the summer, per reports.<\/p>\n<p>Sesko\u2019s injury leaves Amorim with an out-and-out striker, with Joshua Zirkzee his only alternative forward. Zirkzee has played just 82 Premier League minutes this term and is being linked with a move away from the club.<\/p>\n<p>United will see Bryan Mbeumo, Amad and Noussair Mazraoui likely depart for AFCON, with the competition running from December 21 and until January 18. Mbeumo is the club\u2019s top scorer after arriving at Old Trafford from Brentford in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Without any transfer activity, those exits will likely see room open up on the bench. Against Tottenham, Amorim was already forced to call upon Jack Fletcher, son of United legend Darren, to continue the club\u2019s record of naming an academy product in every squad for 87 years.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his team\u2019s draw with Tottenham, Amorim did not rule out activity in the winter transfer window. The Portuguese coach admitted that AFCON poses a problem, but without European fixtures, Amorim conceded that adding new players would also create future issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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The Red Devils will be forced to utilise the full extent of their depth as the Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in December, and United will look at who they have at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Utd&#039;S Transfer Plan Amid Ruben Amorim&#039;S AFCON Challenge - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ruben Amorim will rely on Manchester United\u2019s academy stars to help provide cover come the turn of the year. 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