'I'm not going to get' - Ruben Amorim sends Manchester United transfer warning after double injury blow

Ruben Amorim has warned that Manchester United will not overreact in the January transfer window after they were handed a huge double injury blow.

United were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon and will be without two first-team midfielders when they host Newcastle on Boxing Day. Kobbie Mainoo missed the trip to Villa Park due to a 'small calf injury' that is expected to keep him out for a week, while Fernandes has been ruled out 'for a while' after he picked up a knock in the defeat.

Amorim does not expect to have either player available for the upcoming clash on Friday night, which will leave United short of midfield options in their next match. Casemiro will be available again after his one-match suspension but neither Mainoo or Fernandes are set to be available.

Amorim sends transfer warning

Speaking after Manchester United lost 2-1 to Aston Villa, Ruben Amorim was asked for an update on the fitness of Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo. “It’s a soft tissue, I think he’s going to lose some games, I don’t know for sure. Let’s see," he said of club captain Fernandes in his post-match press conference. “I don’t know. I don’t what to talk about matters you can’t control. He is a guy who is always fit so he might recover quite well."

When asked if Mainoo would be back for the Newcastle match, Amorim added: "I think Kobbie might be out [against Newcastle], Bruno is out, so we will see, we are going to find solutions, no excuses, we need to win the next game and we will try to win the next game."

Amorim was then asked if United needed short-term help to solve their midfield shortage, to which he reiterated they would not change their transfer plans and only do business that offers them long-term value. He added: "We need to deal with that. What we cannot do is to reach January and try to do everything in urgency and make mistakes and then [it’s] ‘here we go again’ with a lot of mistakes.

“I’m not going to get [together] with Jason [Wilcox] and Omar [Berrada] and say: ‘We need a lot of players.’ Because we have a plan. If we have to suffer, the club comes first. Of course, we are in a moment where we need points but we need to find solutions and we are going to continue with our plan. You can feel in this moment that we are going to struggle, but we will see."

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