Ruben Amorim provides an update on Bruno Fernandes’ hamstring injury, which saw him sent off at half-time during Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.
Bruno Fernandes faces an injury injury after title-chasing Aston Villa won 10 games in a row. Manchester United captain Fernandes’ sending off at half-time is a big worry for Ruben Amorim after suffering a rare defeat at Villa Park.
Incredibly, Morgan Rodgers’ stunning double brought Unai Emery’s side back within three points of leaders Arsenal, making it Villa’s second win in 27 Premier League home games against United.
However, it was a bad day for United, with Amorim now worried that Fernandes, who has missed just 17 games in five years since joining in 2020, will be unavailable, while he expects Koby Mainu to miss the Boxing Day game against Newcastle United.
United manager Amorim said Maynou missed the game against Villa with a calf injury, adding: “It’s a soft tissue problem. I think he’ll lose some games, but I don’t know. We’ll see. I don’t know. I don’t know what to say about things you can’t control.”
“He’s always been a well-conditioned guy, so he might recover pretty well. I think Koby Mainu will be out as well and Bruno will be out as well. We’ll see. We won’t make excuses, we need to win the next game and we’ll try to win the next game too.”
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The Red Devils, who are already without Nousair Mazraoui, Amad and Brian Mbeumo due to AFCON, will play Newcastle at home before hosting Wolves four days later. The first game of 2026 will be away to Leeds.
Amorim continues to address United’s widespread injury problems and called up two academy graduates for second-half debuts. “It’s really strange,” the Red Devils manager explained.
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“We’ve got so many problems this year, especially this time of year, that we have to deal with. I think (Jack) Fletcher played his first game, so that’s good news. So does (Shay) Lacey. So we’re going to find a solution and move on to the next game.”
“I’ve been a manager for six years and even at Sporting (Lisbon) it’s all about the academy, so history is important. Every manager wants to take players out of the academy and they don’t want to spend money, because that brings value to the manager.”
“I just want to win and I want to make sure that the players who come from the academy don’t suffer too much. I’m just trying to help the club. It doesn’t matter if they come from the academy or abroad.”
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