"Kobbie needs to fight for his job. I think that it's not a bad thing to be on the bench of Manchester United when you are 20-years-old. I remember Ronaldo was on the bench, Rooney was on the bench sometimes, Veron was not playing. I'm not trying to say to Kobbie, 'you are a big player here, let's put him on the bench to show something'. No, what I'm saying is the opposite. I'm just not putting Kobbie in sometimes because I understand that this is not the right guy to start the game. Maybe the next game, Sunday, he is going to start."
"If he plays well, is going to show everyone 'this guy cannot take me out of the team', and I will be so happy. So I don't care. I don't want to show nothing to anyone. I'm just saying that I'm trying to win games and to show to the players that if you do the things right, you will play no matter what the name."
Kobbie Mainoo is unavailable for Manchester United's game against Aston Villa after picking up a small injury in training. Casemiro is suspended, and Mainoo had been considered a likely starter alongside Bruno Fernandes. Mainoo has attracted media attention over limited playing time, and his brother wore a "Free Kobbie Mainoo" t-shirt at United's 4-4 home draw with Bournemouth. Ruben Amorim said he holds no ill-feeling toward Mainoo and emphasized that Mainoo must fight for his place. Amorim defended selection choices, cited examples of young players on the bench, and treated his brother's online remarks as separate from team matters.
Read at Republik Of Mancunia: A Manchester United Blog
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