Man Utd Won't Sell Players On The Cheap - Amorim

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Manchester United caput coach Ruben Amorim (left) greets skipper Bruno Fernandes astatine training successful ChicagoImage source, Getty Images

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Manchester United caput coach Ruben Amorim (left) greets skipper Bruno Fernandes astatine training successful Chicago

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Ruben Amorim says rival clubs mightiness beryllium successful for a "shock" if they deliberation they tin motion Manchester United's unwanted players connected nan inexpensive this summer.

Amorim exiled his alleged 'bomb squad' - Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, Jadon Sancho and Tyrrell Malacia - astatine nan commencement of pre-season.

While Rashford has now sealed a "dream" move to Barcelona, nan different 4 stay astatine nan nine and person been told to train backmost astatine Carrington, having been near retired of United's squad for nan three-game Premier League Summer Series successful nan United States.

Real Betis stay keen to bring Antony backmost aft nan Brazilian's awesome spell connected indebtedness past season, while Juventus are willing successful Sancho but request to offload players first, and Garnacho has been linked pinch galore clubs.

But nary deals are imminent and nan emotion persists that suitors will hold to nan second days of nan transportation window, which closes connected 1 September, successful nan belief nan value will drop.

Amorim warned that will not beryllium nan case, and if those players person to travel backmost into nan fold, they will.

"[Technical director] Jason [Wilcox], [chief executive] Omar Berrada and nan nine person a number for these players," said Amorim.

"If they don't scope that, they will beryllium Manchester United players, nary uncertainty astir that.

"Some players person to find a caller spot truthful we person much abstraction successful nan squad and different players intelligibly show they want a caller situation and want caller teams.

"We are conscionable allowing these players to person clip to deliberation and to decide.

"I understand nan clubs are waiting for nan past infinitesimal but they tin person a surprise. I'm fresh to person nan players."

United person made 3 signings this summertime successful Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Diego Leon, but still want a striker and a holding midfield subordinate to reside clear weaknesses successful Amorim's squad.

While that mightiness not happen, nan erstwhile Sporting leader insists he would beryllium happy if he has to look Arsenal successful nan opening crippled of nan play pinch nan existent group of players he has astatine his disposal.

"At nan moment, our nine needs to beryllium really observant erstwhile we motion a player," he added.

"So if we person to commencement nan play pinch this squad, I'm happy because each nan players that are present want to beryllium present - and that for maine is nan astir important thing."

United person spent almost £130m connected forwards Cunha and Mbeumo, believing nan brace tin proviso nan goals to occurrence them up nan Premier League array from nan dismal 15th spot they ended past season.

For some players, nan move represents a risk.

Cunha had liking from Tottenham and Arsenal but, having harboured an ambition to play for United arsenic a boy, snubbed nan chance of Champions League shot to go portion of nan sizeable Old Trafford rebuild.

He knows nan apt guidance to a below-par commencement to nan season, and fixed United's opponents see Manchester City and Chelsea, successful summation to Arsenal, successful nan first 5 games, nan spotlight will beryllium connected immediately.

But Cunha doesn't attraction astir that arsenic nan Brazilian, 26, said: "I really deliberation nan unit of this nine is not really pressure, it's a privilege.

"This is 1 of nan biggest clubs successful nan world, and erstwhile Ruben came to maine and said he wanted maine to thief put nan nine successful nan cleanable times again, it was a situation I wanted."

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