'WE CAN WIN BEFORE FERGIE TIME'

RUBEN AMORIM has laid into the Manchester United legends telling Kobbie Mainoo to leave the club and urged the midfielder to stay and fight for his place

- BY TYRONE MARSHALL

Mainoo, 20, is yet to start a Premier League game this season and he is open to a loan move in January.

There is clamour for Mainoo to move on with the midfielder's brother Jordan wearing a T-shirt saying 'Free Kobbie Mainoo' (below) to the game against Bournemouth on Monday.

Napoli are still keen to take the England international on loan next month and plenty of former United greats, including Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, have told him he should leave.

But in response to a question about Harry Amass and Chibo Odi, in which he slammed the entitlement within the squad, Amorim raised those comments and said his players should be willing to fight for their places rather than seeking a way out.

"We have legends of the club saying if you don't play, leave, because everyone is wrong," he said.

"No, let's stay, let's fight, let's overcome, maybe the manager is wrong, so I have that feeling all the time that we have to fight against this feeling." Amorim stressed the incident surrounding Mainoo's brother wouldn't influence his team selection ahead of tomorrow's trip to Aston Villa and that he had no bone to.