GARY LINEKER admits he’s been left “baffled” over Ruben Amorim’s decision to axe Kobbie Mainoo from Manchester United’s XI.
The midfielder, 20, has slipped down the pecking order at Old Trafford following Amorim’s arrival last year.
Gary Lineker says he is ‘baffled’ by Kobbie Mainoo’s fall from grace at Man UtdAFP
Ruben Amorim does not seem to rate the midfielderShutterstock Editorial
And it saw Mainoo push for a late summer exit, with his requests for a loan denied by the Red Devils.
The youngster was once again left out of the starting line-up as his side lost 3-0 to rivals Man City at the Etihad on Sunday.
Mainoo was eventually summoned from the bench for his second league appearance of the season.
But he cut an unhappy figure on the field as United slumped to their second defeat in four games.
The Red Devils have won just once in the new campaign and lie 14th in the table with only four points.
The pressure is now building on Amorim, who is refusing to shift from his rigid 5-2-3 formation.
And Lineker feels that Mainoo should be playing a bigger role if United want to succeed this term.
He feels that the England international has been “dismissed” by his manager.
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Lineker feels Mainoo showed his class when he came on the field against City on Sunday.
But he wonders whether an issue off the field is behind Amorim’s decision to sideline Mainoo.
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Lineker told The Rest is Football podcast: “It really worries me the way that Kobbie Mainoo has almost been dismissed.
“He’s such an incredible young talent, a local boy doing really well.
“I thought when he came on he did quite well. I don’t get it.
“I don’t know whether there’s something we don’t know about but it’s slightly baffling to me.”
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