{"id":2015,"date":"2025-12-08T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:31:14","slug":"mainoo-being-ruined-at-man-utd-says-scholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"Mainoo \u2018\u2018being ruined\u2019\u2019 at Man Utd, says Scholes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester United great Paul Scholes says Kobbie Mainoo is \u201cbeing ruined\u201d by his lack of chances under Ruben Amorim, suggesting his best option is to leave Old Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 20-year-old had a breakthrough season in 2023\/24, which ended with the academy graduate scoring in the FA Cup final and breaking into the England squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Baby (Is it a Crime) [Official Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsZhYgo9MoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the midfielder has gone from starting the Euro 2024 final to struggling for game time at United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He requested a loan move in August but was turned down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainoo, still waiting for his first Premier League start of the season, was not brought off the bench in Thursday\u2019s 1-1 draw with lowly West Ham United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That disappointing result left Man United eighth in the Premier League ahead of Monday\u2019s trip to bottom club Wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United boss Amorim said last week that he considered Mainoo \u201ca starter\u201d, but Scholes reacted angrily in a now-deleted Instagram story that reposted the manager\u2019s quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe kid is being ruined, not being played in a team that can\u2019t control a game of football,\u201d said the former United and England midfielder, who won 11 Premier League titles at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHate seeing home-grown players leave but it\u2019s probably best for him now, enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainoo\u2019s only start for United this season came in August\u2019s humiliating League Cup exit at Grimsby and Amorim\u2019s reluctance to use him has been a major talking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI understand what you are saying,\u201d he told reporters on Thursday following the draw against West Ham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou love Kobbie. He was\u2026 he starts for England, but that doesn\u2019t mean I need to put Kobbie (in) when I feel I shouldn\u2019t put Kobbie (in), so it\u2019s my decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainoo won the last of his 10 England caps in September 2024 and appears unlikely to make Thomas Tuchel\u2019s squad for next year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amorim said he understood that the lack of time on the pitch could be demoralising for the midfielder but said his target was to win matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just try to put the best players on the pitch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pushed on whether the upcoming departures of Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo for the Africa Cup of Nations could present an opportunity for Mainoo, Amorim said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what is going to happen. It depends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I see in the training it is the best thing, I will put it. That is the only way I know how to respond to that.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/sport\/football\/mainoo-being-ruined-at-man-utd-says-scholes\/\">(Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United great Paul Scholes says Kobbie Mainoo is \u201cbeing ruined\u201d by his lack of chances under Ruben Amorim, suggesting his best option is to leave Old Trafford. The 20-year-old had a breakthrough season in 2023\/24, which ended with the academy graduate scoring in the FA Cup final and breaking into the England squad. 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