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RUBEN AMORIM’S 3-4-2-1 SYSTEM Manchester United It’s Certainly Divided Fans, and The Jury Is Still Out to Asher It Works or Not. One of the Major Changes to The System Compared to the Previous Great United Teams Over the Years Is The Midfield.
Amorim Operates With Two Number Sixes in a Double Pivot, With Two Number 10s of Those, Either Side of The Striker. He has adapted Bruno Fernandes‘Game, with the Talismanic United Midfielder Now playing in That Pivot, Rather Than Close to Goal, Where He has Has Has Lots of Previous Success For The Club.
Another Player Who has been affected by The Different System Is Kobbie Mainoo.
Why Kobbie Mainoo Is in an Awkward Situation
It has been certainly not the Easiest Season For One Of The Most Exciting Young Midfielders in The World, Mainoo. The 20-year-Old Ranked 36th In The Recent Golden Boy Awards, Highlighting Just How big A Talent He is.
However, The 2025/26 Season has not been plain Sailing for Many, Through No Fault Own. The Boyhood United Star has only Played 166 Minutes Across Five Games This term, and has registered an assist in that time. He’s Yet to Start A Premier League Game.
Well, Many United Fans Are Confused As To Why The England International Cannot Break Into Their Starting Lineup. Former Red Devils Midfielder Owen Hargreaves Said After The Manchester Derby That He’ll “Never Know” Why Amoirm Isn’t Picking Mainoo.
Indeed, It is Strange, Given The Young Midfielder’s Exploits During His Short Career So Far. The 20-year-Old has begarted a final at a Major Tournament for England and scored an FA Cup Final-Winning Goal.
Mainoo’s Lack of Involvement at United This Season has Certainly Disappointing, Given His Obvious Talent, and Left Him an Awkward Situation. Interestingly, There was a former United Midfielder Who Was Ahead of Him One Stage.
The Ex-Midfielder Ahead of Maino
Although Mainoo has not been Given Any Opportunities This Season, The 20-Year-Old Is Without Doubt Huge Talent. He could viewed as the heir in line to The Throne When It Is Comes Legendary United Midfielders.
Well, Before Made Made His first-team debut, There Was Someone Who Could Staked A Claim to That title. Fellow Academy Graduate Zidane Iqbal Made His First-Team Debut Just a Year Before the England International, But Did Did Not Quite Follow The Same Career Path.
Iqbal’s Only Game for United Came in the Champions League Against Bsc Young Boys. He Only Played One Minute Time of Normal Time, and Never Failed To Get On Onto The Pitch Again, Despite Being on The Bench Several Times.
The Iraqi International Left The Club For Dutch Side FC Utrecht in 2023 And Was Sold for Just £ 857k. He has a Since Gone On To Make A Real Impression For The Impression Side, Making 41 Appearances and Scoring ONCE.
The Midfielder’s Best Skill Is Passing, What has you ever during the Shone His Time in the Netherlands. Last Season, HE Average Passes And 5.4 Passes Into The Final Third Pass per 90 minutes, top 11% and 16% Respectifully, The Top Dutch in Midfielders.
Iqbal passing stats in 24/25 Erdivisie | ||
|---|---|---|
State (per 90) | Number | Percentile rank |
Pass Complete | 46.21 | 83rd |
Pass Accuracy | 88.3% | 98th |
Progressive Passes | 6.58 | 89th |
Passes Into Final Third | 5.4 | 84th |
Passes Into Penalty Box | 1.18 | 74th |
From stats Fbref | ||
If Iqbal Had Stayed at Old Trafford and Been Given to the Show Off His Talent, He Could Have The Natural Sccessor To The Famous Number 18 Shirt. That has previously the day by Midfield Maestros Fernandes and, Earlier, Paul Scholes.
Interestingly, The Iraqi International Loked Up To Scholes As A Youngster. He’s Explained“I’d Kind Of Just Base My game Off His Shoes in His Shoes,” Which is Not a Bad Way to Learn The Art Of The Art Midfield.
Well, to Wear The Number 18 shirt AS A Creative Midfielder at United, You Really Do To Be A Player Pulling The Strings. Fernandes has 86 Assists in Red So Far, and the Legendary Scholes Amassed 82, per transfermarkt.
The Stats Show Just How well Iqbal can dictate the game in Midfield. He has begs to be a True Controller of the Midfield in A Top League, and Surely Could Have Been Considered Worthy Enough That Famous Number 18 Shirt.
United Fans Can Only Look Back On What Could Have Been. IQBal was ahead of Mainoo in His Development and Perhaps Could Formed The Perfect Partnership Alongside The 20-year-old, With The Number 18 His Back.
