Manchester United – Ruben Amorim: Selection is Simple – A Deep Dive into Squad Decisions (After Manchester derby win)
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Ruben Amorim
Ruben Amorim omitted Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho from the squad for their Premier League match against Manchester City. Amorim evaluated various factors like training performance and engagement with teammates to make his selection decision.
Ruben Amorim said “Selection. We tried to evaluate everything. Training, performance, game performance. Engagement with the team-mates, push the team-mates up. Everything is on the line when we analyse and try to choose the players. So, my selection – simple.”
Amorim discussed the importance of various details in making his selection, indicating that there was no intention to send any specific message to the players.
Ruben Amorim said “I don’t want to send a message, it is simply evaluation and they know it. The players are really, really smart and so everybody understands my decision and I have to choose. It’s just simple selection. Of course the context is difficult, we have to win games and we have a difficult situation now, but like I said, I pay attention to everything. The way you eat, the way you put your clothes to go to the game. Everything. I make my evaluation and then I have to decide. I have a lot of players to choose and today I made my choice. They are all right, they had training this morning, I was there because it is important for every player – even Jonny Evans because Jonny Evans also and Toby (Collyer) was there – I was there during training and everything was OK. They trained really well.”
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