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Ruben Amorim believes Jack Fletcher is ready to make the step up to the first team having been named in the Manchester United squad against Tottenham.

Kobbie Mainoo picked up a knock in the build-up to the clash and did not travel with his teammates to the capital on Friday night.

Fletcher has been included in the United squad as a result of Mainoo's absence. Amorim was asked by TNT Sports ahead of the game how important it is for the club to continue their proud record of naming an academy graduate in every matchday squad for the past 88 years.

"It is really important," Amorim said. "If we are going to take some corners to try and succeed right away it is the wrong thing. There are some special things in our club that we need to be bulletproof.

"It's the way we beha

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