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BRYAN MBEUMO & AMAD DIALLOOUT: MAN UTD FACES CRISIS, EYES £65M ANTOINE SEMENYO SOLUTION
Man Utd loses Mbeumo and Amad for up to seven games, including the Manchester Derby. The urgent solution? Act fast on Antoine Semenyo's short-lived £65M release clause.
Manchester United has been on a great run lately, with only one loss in their last nine games across all competitions in 2025/26.
One of their players has scored six goals and made one assist in the Premier League, making him the team's top scorer so far.
The other player has one goal and two assists, often giving the team a creative edge on the right wing from his wing-back position.
The manager won't be able to count on either of them for the next few weeks, as both are heading off to play for their countries in the African Cup of Nations.
The African Cup of Nations always messes with clubs' plans, and United is about to feel that pain.
The tournament runs from December 21st to January 18th. If both their countries make it to the final, Mbeumo and Amad could miss up to seven games.
The manager said he's not sure if either player will be ready for the Bournemouth game on Monday, which could bring the total to eight games missed.
During the tournament, United has six Premier League matches and a FA Cup match against Brighton.
The biggest game they’ll miss is against Manchester City on January 17th. However, they could be back if their teams are knocked out early.
The group stage ends on December 31st, meaning they’ll definitely miss games against Aston Villa, Newcastle United, and Wolves.
If all goes well, they could be back for the Leeds United game on January 4th.
So, who can fill their shoes?
So far in the 2025/26 season, Amad and Mbeumo have often played together on the right, forming a great partnership.
Their 10 goals and assists make up 38% of the team's total, showing how big a problem it is to replace them.
Players like Mason Mount, Kobbie Mainoo, and Joshua Zirkzee will be eager to step up, but the manager might decide to look outside the club.
Even before the transfer window opens, United has been linked to several players, including Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo.
The Ghanaian player has been doing really well in the league, with six goals and three assists in his first 14 games.
He won't be at the African Cup of Nations, giving United a good chance to try and sign him.
Word is, he has a £65m release clause that kicks in on January 1st, but it only lasts for ten days.
United should jump at this opportunity. Some people are calling him the best winger in the country, and he has what it takes to make up for the loss at Old Trafford.
He's already averaging 1.4 shots on target per 90 minutes, putting him in the top 4% of players in the league. He offers the kind of goal threat they’ll miss from Mbeumo.
He can also play as a number ten or wing-back if needed, which could be really useful these next few weeks.
He’s becoming one of the most wanted players in the league, so the club needs to act fast to get the manager the players he needs to deal with the African Cup of Nations absences.
EX-CAPTAIN NEVILLE CLAIMS SUBSTITUTIONS MADE MANCHESTER UNITED "WORSE" AGAINST WOLVES
Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim’s "weird" substitutions and tactical shifts after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bottom-side Wolves.
Gary Neville said that the performance of Manchester United in their match against winless Wolves was ‘the baddest of the bad.’
United would have moved fourth in the league with a win at Old Trafford last night, although Wolves, who had two points in 18 games before kickoff, ended their record of 11 straight losses with a 1-1 draw.
Amorim’s team had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by a League Two team, Grimsby, in August, but Neville was convinced that United had hit rock bottom in a game that could have been even more one-sided were it not for two important saves by Senne Lammens.
“That was the baddest of the bad," the former United captain declared on the Gary Neville podcast.
“They weren’t just booed off at the final whistle. The fans waited in the stadium to continue to boo them. They’ve gone backwards.”
United had won at Newcastle 1-0 on Boxing Day, despite being plagued by an injury list that already lacked skipper Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as three players on African Cup of Nations duty.
But they remained flat right from the first whistle, and the header by Ladislav Krejci just before the half bottled Joshua Zirkzee's deflected shot.
Amorim’s formation choice of 3-4-3 was brought into focus once more as the Portuguese opted to go back to his preferred tactic of four at the back against Newcastle.
“This isn’t right. I’ve watched enough of United over the last five or six weeks to know what looks right and what isn’t right,” Neville had declared 20 minutes into his commentary on Sky Sports.
“Because, when I see that we go back (to three at the back) after five minutes tonight, I’m thinking, no, Ruben, why have you done that?
"The manager has to look at that and think, I got that wrong. I complicated it."
However, Amorim decided to substitute Zirkzee at halftime and brought on an 18-year-old Jack Fletcher, who made his third appearance at the senior level.
Regarding substitutions made by Amorim, Neville further added, “They made Manchester United worse. Every single substitution was ridiculous.”
‘If Zirkzee was injured, and it was a tactical substitution, that was a very poor one.’ But Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, not by a long shot, and he had to get out there for physicality, for presence, for experience.”
SEE LISANDRO MARTINEZ’S FURIOUS REACTION AFTER MAN UTD’S SHOCK WOLVES DRAW
Lisandro Martinez demands more after Man Utd’s 1-1 draw with bottom-placed Wolves. United ended 2025 sixth in the Premier League.
Stand-in captain Lisandro Martinez was mad that Manchester United dropped points against Wolves, who are at the bottom of the league.
United came into the last game of 2025 after a good win against Newcastle on Boxing Day and were expected to easily beat Wolves.
Joshua Zirkzee scored first for United, but they didn't take their chances. Ladislav Krejci's header tied the game for Wolves, 1-1.
It was only their third point in 19 games, and it stopped their 11-game losing streak. United fans booed at the end of the game.
When Martinez was asked if it felt like a disappointing point, he said, 100 percent.
We are very disappointed. We can't keep drawing or losing points at home. We have to win.
We want to be at the top, competing with the best.
We can't drop points in games like this. We just have to accept it and be hungry for the next game.
Martinez was captain again because Bruno Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.
When United coach Ruben Amorim was asked about injured players for the game against Leeds on Sunday, he didn't give much away. Leeds are really wanting to beat United for the first time since 2010.
Martinez said to MUTV, You can either make excuses, or you can be strong and say, 'We're dropping points, so we need to go for the next one and show what we can do.'
We need to work together and do the easy things to get the three points.
United is in sixth place in the league at the end of 2025, only two points behind Liverpool for the last Champions League spot. Liverpool has a game in hand.
They could be in a better position if they had been better in both boxes. Leeds has been playing well lately, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin doing great up front.
Martinez added, It's about us. I don't like to think about other teams.
I'm thinking about what we can do to get better as a team every day, and we have to learn from this game.
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