'He is training really well' - Amorim confirms unsung Manchester United hero is a new option vs Southampton

Ruben Amorim believes Toby Collyer is an option to start for Manchester United against Southampton after his impressive cameo from the bench against Arsenal last weekend.

The 21-year-old shone as a substitute after being selected ahead of both Casemiro and Christian Eriksen, with his energy and enterprise a key reason why United held on to take the match to a penalty shootout.

Manchester World revealed earlier this week United had considered allowing Collyer to leave the club on loan this month but have since decided he is best suited to continuing his development with the first-team squad under Amorim.

Asked about whether Altay Bayindir and Toby Collyer could feature against Southampton, the United head coach told reporters at his pre-match press conference. “A lot of players I had to think this week, Toby is training really well, he has a lot of pace, he likes to learn so it’s one more option for tomorrow,” he said.

United showed huge character to hold on with 10 men against Arsenal at the weekend, in what was a heroic performance for the ages. It will be a different test when they host the Premier League’s bottom side on Thursday night and Amorim believes he will learn more from his side tomorrow than he did across the previous two matches.

He added: “ I think this next game will teach me more from my players than the last two, so I’m focused to see what kind of game we will play tomorrow. We will know tomorrow. There is no expectation for us in the last two games, nobody expect but now they are expecting us to win and play well. So we will learn more.”