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Leny Yoro could marque his Manchester United debut against Arsenal connected Wednesday, with caput manager Ruben Amorim saying helium is "excited" to spot the "special talent" successful enactment for the club.
United signed Yoro from Lille for £52m successful the summer, but the Frenchman underwent country connected a ft wounded suffered during pre-season successful the United States, coincidentally successful a affable against Arsenal.
The 19-year-old has not featured since, but returned to grooming successful October and is successful enactment to marque his archetypal competitory quality successful the Premier League astatine Emirates Stadium (kick-off 20:15 GMT).
"Maybe Leny Yoro is going beryllium successful the squad," Amorim said successful his pre-match quality conference. "I consciousness helium is successful a bully infinitesimal now, his fittingness is better."
Yoro had been linked with Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Liverpool earlier signing for United successful July, with the club's sporting manager Dan Ashworth describing the centre-back arsenic "one of the astir breathtaking young defenders successful satellite football".
Amorim said: "He is simply a peculiar talent, we person to beryllium cautious successful the archetypal moment. We didn't person excessively galore grooming [sessions] together. He has been grooming with a tiny radical of players.
"He is truly fast, a modern defender. He volition beryllium bully erstwhile we privation to property precocious and you permission a batch of strikers successful this league 1 against one, helium tin negociate that. He is precise bully with the shot truthful I americium precise excited.
"We person to beryllium careful, we person to negociate the load and infinitesimal successful the opening but I americium truly excited to spot Leny Yoro playing."
United are unbeaten successful 3 games since Amorim took charge, thrashing Everton 4-0 connected Sunday, but said Arsenal are "by far" the biggest situation helium has faced successful the occupation truthful far.
Red Devils supporters look to already beryllium gathering a rapport with their caller Portuguese boss, serenading him with chants that echoed astir Old Trafford.
“I don't similar my chant," Amorim told BBC Sport erstwhile asked astir the transportation with the fans.
"I don't consciousness embarrassed - but I americium the coach, they person to chant for the players. It is not a bully happening for me,
"I recognize and admit the transportation with the supporters but I privation them to enactment the squad and the players due to the fact that they are connected the pitch, I americium outside.
"I americium truly honoured and I consciousness a transportation with the supporters but we cognize we request results to support that."
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