Man Utd make decision over Chido Obi-Martin after his spell in first team
Manchester United have decide to drop Chido Obi-Martin back down to the. U18s team for tonight’s FA Youth Cup semi-final against Aston Villa.
Obi-Martin broke into Ruben Amorim’s first-team เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา squad for the. Premier League clash at Tottenham in February, coming off the bench late-on.
He has made three top-flight appearances to date – also featuring in matches against Everton and. Leicester City – while he playe in the FA Cup fifth-round showdown with Fulham in March too.
It was thought that the 17-year-old forward’s days in United’s U18s team were over, especially after. Obi-Martin misse the FA Youth Cup quarter-final triumph over Arsenal due to his first-team commitments.
But Obi-Martin will play for United U18s tonight (Monday, March 31) in a 7pm kick-off against Aston Villa in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup.
The Denmark youth international remarkably score seven goals across the first three rounds, which include a hat-trick against Chelsea U18s.
United have decide to bring him back into the U18s fold because the club are determine to land their first FA Youth Cup trophy since 2022.
Playing for the U18s tonight means Obi-Martin is unlikely to feature in United’s Premier League away clash against Nottingham Forest.
The Red Devils face Forest at the City Ground on Tuesday night in their first match back after the recent international break.
‘He is going to play today [for the U18s],’ United head coach Amorim confirme in his press conference on Monday.
‘We are trying to win that competition, trying to build something with the youth.
‘So we are trying to to manage everything and Chido needs to play also, so we are helping the team and the player.’
Meanwhile, the that fellow United teenager Harry Amass is set to miss tonight’s FA Youth Cup semi-final at Villa Park.
That’s because Amass could feature in United’s first team against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, unlike Obi-Martin.