Manchester United have included Chido Obi along with four other academy players in their travelling squad for the Premier League match against Tottenham on Sunday.
Ruben Amorim’s side have been hit by multiple midfield injuries ahead of their trip to north London with Amad Diallo, Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer all unavailable.
Diallo, who has been one of United’s standout performers since Amorim was appointed as manager at the beginning of November, could now miss the remainder of the season after injuring his ankle ligaments.
Last week, Lisandro Martinez has also been ruled out for the rest of the campaign with a cruciate ligament injury and the Argentine defender has undergone surgery this week.
Amorim has been left short of options for his side’s trip to Spurs and according to The Academy Scoop, Chido Obi, Sekou Kone, Jack Moorhouse, Harry Amass and Elyh Harrison have all travelled with United’s first-team squad this weekend.
Chido Obi, the highly rated 17-year-old striker who joined from Arsenal in October, has hit the ground running at United, scoring 12 goals in 12 appearances at youth level.
When asked about Chido Obi in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Amorim replied: ‘I don’t want to say names.
‘We have to be careful on that. We have problems this week, we called some young players to be in our training. We have some data evaluation. He is one of them.’
Kone, a 19-year-old defensive midfielder who was signed from Malian side Guidars FC last August, has also impressed for United’s academy sides and is yet to make a first-team appearance.
Moorhouse, a 19-year-old central midfielder, is another who has been a pivotal figure at youth level for United but has not yet been called to the first team.
Amass, meanwhile, has been on the bench on five occasions for United this season but the left-back is still waiting for his first-team debut.
Harrison was on the bench for United’s 2-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace earlier this month but the 18-year-old goalkeeper is also waiting for his first senior appearance.
Ahead of their visit to Spurs, United sit 13th in the Premier League, two points ahead of Ange Postecoglou’s side.
