Ruben Amorim has made a brutal comment over Manchester United star Kobbie Mainoo, who wants a loan exit in the January transfer window.

Mainoo has not started a single Premier League match for United this season and didn’t make it off the bench in Thursday’s draw with West Ham.

The only game the 20-year-old England international midfielder has started this season is the Carabao Cup defeat to League Two side Grimsby Town.

Speaking ahead of the club’s next fixture, a trip to Wolves on Monday, United boss Amorim has defended his decision to marginalise Mainoo and says he will not pick him in the XI just because he plays for England.

Quizzed if there was a risk of Mainoo becoming demoralised, Amorim said: ‘I see it. I just want to win, I try to put the players, I don’t look who it is, I do

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