{"id":272960,"date":"2025-11-05T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272960\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:04:10","slug":"ruben-amorim-could-be-lining-up-chance-for-wonderkid-to-replace-bryan-mbeumo-and-amad-during-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272960\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim could be lining up chance for wonderkid to replace Bryan Mbeumo and Amad during AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Things are looking good at Manchester United right now, but the spectre of AFCON looms large, and Ruben Amorim is now preparing to unleash a wonderkid to tackle it. <\/p>\n

Amad<\/a> and Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> are increasingly the two attacking hubs of Man Utd<\/a>, bossing the right wing with an understanding of each other\u2019s game that is forever improving<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Their travels for the Ivory Coast and Cameroon will empty that wing completely for a run of, at most, six fixtures during the busiest part of the season. <\/p>\n

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Ruben Amorim<\/a> has acknowledged that the team will be weaker for their absence<\/a>, but he\u2019s preparing to unleash a wonderkid in their absence who can find an opportunity in a crisis. <\/p>\n

\"SheaPhoto by Manchester United\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesRuben Amorim\u2019s plan for Shea Lacey\u2019s Man Utd debut<\/p>\n

Shea Lacey<\/a> has been a name that has been spoken about in excited tones at Carrington<\/a> for a few years now.<\/p>\n

Injuries threatened to derail Lacey\u2019s ascent, but after shaking off his most recent issue, Lacey has come back like a man on a mission<\/a>. <\/p>\n

From scoring against senior players<\/a> to dominating youth football, Lacey is making an undeniable case<\/a> for a first-team inclusion, which Amorim has taken note of. <\/p>\n

Lacey trained with England\u2019s senior team<\/a> as well, so his profile is already high enough that United could lose him if they don\u2019t show trust in him.<\/p>\n

As per The Daily Mail<\/a>, Amorim is ready to show that trust by planning for his debut when both Mbeumo and Amad leave for AFCON. <\/p>\n

Lacey is seen as the ideal left-footed right-sided attacking midfielder to take Mbeumo\u2019s place when AFCON begins on December 21. <\/p>\n

The away game against Aston Villa on December 21 will be United\u2019s first game without the dynamic duo, and Lacey can expect to make the bench for that one.<\/p>\n

A home debut against Newcastle on Boxing Day is then a realistic prediction for Lacey\u2019s first competitive minutes in a Man Utd shirt. <\/p>\n

Bryan Mbeumo and Amad can unlock Lacey<\/p>\n

Lacey might get his debut only when Mbeumo and Amad are away, but if he stays injury-free and makes a mark during that run of seven games, it will be the ideal case scenario. <\/p>\n

Despite being, theoretically, a competitor of Mbeumo for the right-sided No. 10 position, he couldn\u2019t have asked for a better mentor to learn from.<\/p>\n

Like Lacey, Mbeumo is also not the most physically imposing player on the pitch, but he plays like an athletic monster and is a model professional on top that.<\/p>\n

The same also goes for Amad, who shrugged off concerns over his physicality to become a wing-back for Amorim, a position that demands the most athleticism. <\/p>\n

Lacey is also slight-looking, but he has a combative edge to his game and plays with his heart on his sleeve. The more he learns from Amad and Mbeumo, the better it will be for all parties involved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Things are looking good at Manchester United right now, but the spectre of AFCON looms large, and Ruben…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[16810,8918,145755,403,99],"class_list":["post-272960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-amad-diallo","tag-bryan-mbeumo","tag-shea-lacey","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}