The 40-year-old Portuguese coach has seen the criticism around his managerial approach reignite once again after United\u2019s defeat to Brentford last Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brentford hosted United in the Premier League<\/a> for the clash at the Gtech Community Stadium and the Bees comfortably picked up all three Premier League points.<\/p>\n United\u2019s<\/a> 3-1 loss on the weekend was the Red Devils\u2019 third Premier League defeat in the first six league matches of the 2025-26 campaign under manager Amorim.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Bryan Mbeumo powerfully warns \u2018everyone\u2019 in Ruben Amorim\u2019s Man Utd squad they must all do same thing, \u2018it\u2019s different\u2019\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n The scrutiny on Ruben Amorim has extended to the Manchester United manager\u2019s handling of Kobbie Mainoo<\/a>, who has fallen out of the Red Devils\u2019 starting XI.<\/p>\n Amorim has dropped Bruno Fernandes<\/a> into a deeper midfield role and often prefers to deploy Casemiro<\/a> alongside him in the two-man pivot in his system.<\/p>\n Mainoo has been starved of United first-team<\/a> minutes at Old Trafford this season, with the Red Devils midfielder not starting a single Premier League match so far.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Yorkshire Post<\/a>, Teddy Sheringham<\/a> was asked if the 20-year-old Stockport-born player is the type of signing that Leeds United should target.<\/p>\n \u201cYes \u2013 without a doubt,\u201d he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n \u201cNot even six months ago, he was in the England set-up and people were raving about him. He can\u2019t be that bad a player.<\/p>\n \u201cHe just needs someone who loves the way he plays. This game is all opinions and just because Amorim doesn\u2019t fancy him, it doesn\u2019t mean to say [Daniel] Farke won\u2019t get the best out of him.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Alejandro Garnacho shows his true colours after being asked about Man Utd run under Ruben Amorim, he didn\u2019t think twice<\/a><\/p>\n Man Utd treble winner Teddy Sheringham reveals how a team can \u2018unlock\u2019 the full potential of Three Lions midfielder Kobbie Mainoo<\/p>\n All four of Kobbie Mainoo\u2019s Premier League appearances have come from the bench this season and the England star has not scored or assisted in the league so far.<\/p>\n The United youth academy<\/a> product\u2019s only start for the Red Devils came in the second-round Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town at Blundell Park in August.<\/p>\n Mainoo had reportedly asked to leave United<\/a> in the summer on loan in a bid to secure first-team minutes, but the club turned down the England ace\u2019s request.<\/p>\n Sheringham has now suggested that Mainoo could be sparked back to life by simply finding a team\u2019s midfield that \u201caccommodates\u201d the United and Three Lions star.<\/p>\n \u201cPut an arm around him and tell him how good he is, team him up with someone in midfield who accommodates him and all of a sudden, you\u2019ve got a player back on your hands,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mainoo missed out on England\u2019s World Cup qualifiers<\/a> during the September break after Thomas Tuchel<\/a> snubbed the United talent for his Three Lions squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend Teddy Sheringham is baffled by the situation surrounding one first-team player at Old Trafford under…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,3212,101,77880,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-173926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-kobbie-mainoo","tag-sports","tag-teddy-sheringham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Manchester](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2229135196-1024x576.jpg\")
Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesTeddy Sheringham asked if one Premier League club would suit Man Utd and England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo<\/p>\n