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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is reportedly preparing to hand a first Premier League start to Harry Amass in Sunday's Premier League clash with Newcastle United at St James' Park. Amorim is set to make changes to his XI for the contest with the Magpies following Thursday's 2-2 draw with Lyon in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final. The second leg of the clash will take place at Old Trafford next week, and it was an energy-zapping contest in France, so changes for the clash with Newcastle are expected.
Andre Onana has allegedly been left out of the squad , with Altay Bayindir in line to make his first Premier League appearance for the club. According to the Daily Mail , there is also set to be a full Premier League debut for Amass, who made his debut for the Red Devils against Leicester City in the league on March 16. Amass has been a regular in the squad in recent weeks, featuring on the bench against Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City in the Premier League, while he has also been on the bench for the team's last three European fixtures.
The 18-year-old arrived at Man United from Watford in 2023, and he is regarded as one of the best young talents in English football. A number of clubs are believed to have attempted to sign the defender on loan during the January transfer window, but Amorim was keen to keep hold of the England Under-18s international. Amorim, speaking after Thursday's clash with Lyon, said that he needs to be "really careful" with his squad at this moment in time due to the amount of minutes that have been accumulated by certain players due to the club's injury problems.
"There is a great responsibility," Amorim told reporters when asked about possible rotation this weekend. "We don't have a team that is really big and then we have players that I know cannot make 90 minutes in this moment. We have to be really careful.
So we will try to address all these subjects in the game against Newcastle. But we have a great responsibility when we play any games. I will try to look at that, that is for sure.
We have to face Newcastle with a team that we can be competitive to win the game. "Sometimes winning games is the best way of preparing for the next one. Of course, I am going to be careful with some players but again we need to be competitive.
When you are playing for Manchester United you cannot go to the game thinking about the next one. "So we are going to face this one and then we have three days. We are going to prepare for the next one (against Lyon) without a lot of running and a lot of training.
It's just recovering and then we will be fine on Thursday with our fans. But we need to face Newcastle in a way that we can win." Man United are currently down in 13th spot in the Premier League table , and they must win all of their final seven league games of the season to prevent this being their worst-ever campaign in the Premier League in terms of points .
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