{"id":351826,"date":"2025-12-16T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/351826\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:00:08","slug":"mainoos-brother-dons-free-kobbie-shirt-at-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/351826\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainoo’s brother dons ‘Free Kobbie’ shirt at Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kobbie Mainoo<\/a>‘s brother was pictured wearing a T-shirt which read “Free Kobbie Mainoo” as Manchester United<\/a> drew 4-4 with Bournemouth in a chaotic game at Old Trafford on Monday.<\/p>\n

Mainoo has struggled for game-time under head coach Ruben Amorim this season and has been linked with a move away from the club in January.<\/p>\n

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The England<\/a> midfielder was introduced off the bench to loud cheers from the home fans in the second half against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

Amorim watched his team lead three times before having to settle for a point.<\/p>\n

Only two late saves from Senne Lammens<\/a> prevented Bournemouth from finding a late winner.<\/p>\n

“It was a fun game for everyone at home,” said Amorim.<\/p>\n

“It was a fun game to watch, of course there is a feeling of scoring four goals and not winning the game.<\/p>\n

“We are lacking quality when we defend our goal. It’s something that we need to address of course.”<\/p>\n

Mainoo is yet to start a Premier League<\/a> game this season, but came on for Casemiro<\/a> in the 61st minute against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

During the game his brother, former Love Island contestant Jordan Mainoo-Hames, was pictured wearing a t-shirt printed with the message “Free Kobbie Mainoo.”<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old, who is keen to find more regular games in an attempt to force his way into England’s World Cup squad, has been linked with a move to Napoli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources have told ESPN that United are reluctant to sanction a permanent move, but could listen to loan offers in January.<\/p>\n

It’s likely that they will only consider letting him leave at the end of the window once Africa Cup of Nations players Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and Amad Diallo are back.<\/p>\n

Amorim wasn’t asked about the incident after the game, but the Portuguese coach will have the chance to address it at his weekly news conference on Friday.<\/p>\n

Before the game, Amorim said: “First of all, I say the same thing: the team comes first.<\/p>\n

“If Kobbie comes to me and talks to me, I will talk to him. I’m not going to say what I’m going to say to Kobbie, but I will be really pleased if Kobbie is coming to talk to me about that.<\/p>\n

“I just want my players happy, and I understand that every individual has their goals. The frustration doesn’t help anybody but, again, the focus is in this game and we will see if that happens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kobbie Mainoo‘s brother was pictured wearing a T-shirt which read “Free Kobbie Mainoo” as Manchester United drew 4-4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-351826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351826","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=351826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}