Man Utd trio ruled out of City clash as Amorim makes shock keeper call

RUBEN AMORIM has confirmed a trio of Manchester United stars will be absent for the Manchester derby clash on Sunday.

Matheus Cunha , Mason Mount and Diogo Dalot will all be unavailable for the match due to injury issues.

2 Ruben Amorim will have to contest with a significant injury blow as he tries to outfox Pep Guardiola Credit: Getty

2 Matheus Cunha is among those injured for the derby Credit: Shutterstock Editorial

The blow could not have come at a worse time for the Portuguese boss as his side look to start their season afresh after the international break.

All three players started in United's 3-2 victory over Burnley before the international break.

Cunha is believed to have picked up a hamstring injury in that game, and was subbed off after 30 minutes, before withdrawing from international duty.

Mount lasted to the half-time break before being hooked, with reports suggesting he too suffered a hamstring issue.

Like Cunha, Dalot was forced to return early from international duty with "muscle discomfort", the nature of which has not been confirmed.

Amorim will now have to look to the bench to find solutions for the absences.

One player who could benefit is Benjamin Sesko , the £74million Slovenian brought in towards the end of the summer window.

He is yet to start a Premier League game this season, with Cunha typically being deployed as the central striker in Amorim's system, flanked by Bryan Mbeumo and Mount .

If there was ever a stage to prove you belong in the Prem, it would be during a Manchester derby against Pep, and opposite fellow goal-scoring big man Erling Haaland .

Other likely replacements include Patrick Dorgu for Dalot, who has been deployed as a left sided wing-back this season to accommodate Amad Diallo on the right.

A number of options are in the running to replace mount, with Kobbie Mainoo among those most likely to finally get the minutes he almost left the club in search of over summer .

Amorim also confirmed that stopper Altay Bayindir will retain his starting position in goal despite the arrival of Belgian keeper Senne Lammens .

Lammens' arrival allowed for the departure of keeper Andre Onana , who joined Trabzonspor on Thursday .

But the 23-year-old will have to wait for his debut, as Bayindir is given the go ahead in net for the derby.

Amorim will hope that the Turkish keeper has grown in confidence since his calamitous showing against Arsenal on opening weekend.