Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted that the club may consider strengthening their attacking line-up in January, depending on the severity of Benjamin Sesco’s injury sustained against Tottenham. Sesco came on as a substitute in the 58th minute at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but left the pitch less than 30 minutes later after receiving treatment for a knee injury.
Amorim had already used all his substitutes, leaving United with just 10 men on the field by the end of the game. In the post-match press conference after the 2-2 draw, Amorim answered a question regarding the striker’s injury. “I need to check. He had something on his knee. Let’s see,” he said. Asked about the severity of the injury, Amorim admitted: “I don’t know. We will never know because it’s my knee.”
Amorim dismissed the idea that a lack of confidence was the reason for Sesco’s late mistake that put United 2-0 up despite failing to score on the pitch. He said: “No, I don’t think…I don’t think that’s the biggest concern right now.
“It’s the same thing where he hasn’t scored a goal and then he scores two goals in the next two games (Brentford and Sunderland). That happens especially with strikers. I’m more concerned about injuries, because it’s a knee injury but you never know. We need Ben to be a better team.”
Amorim confirmed the club could be active in the January transfer window, with Brian Mbeumo, Amad and Nouseir Mazraoui set to depart for the African Cup of Nations in December.
Amorim admitted that the severity of Sesco’s knee injury could affect their plans. “We have to check everything and we have to check what happened to Ben,” he said.
“Of course there will be problems there (AFCON), but we already knew. We can prepare for it in the summer, but it’s one game a week and there are a lot of players who won’t play in the summer. So it will be difficult to manage that situation.”
“But let’s see if we can improve the team and prepare for what happened when the window opens. Until then, we have to take our chances.”
