Part two of every word from Ruben Amorim press conference before Aston Villa v Man Utd | Dec 2025

I do believe it, so what you’re saying about Rooney, Ronaldo and all these big players on the bench, is that something you’re trying to cultivate then? That there’s competition here…
“No guys, I’m not trying to say: ‘Kobbie, you are a big player here, let’s put you on the bench to show something.’ No, what I’m saying is the opposite. I’m just not putting Kobbie [on the pitch] sometimes because I understand that this is not the right guy to start the game. Maybe the next game [on Sunday], he’s going to start. If he plays well, he’s going to show everyone this guy cannot take me out the team, and I will be so happy. So, I don’t care. I don’t want to show nothing to anyone. I’m just saying that I’m trying to win games and to show to the players that if you do things right, you will play no matter the name.”
 
You let in four goals on Monday but I think that it would be fair to say Senne has played very, very well since he came into the first team, not his fault [the four goals] of course. It could have worked out differently, you could have signed [Emi] Martinez, given how this season’s gone so far are you happy with the choice that you made?
“We are really happy with Senne, we have a game against Aston Villa, I don’t want to comment [on] anything else, just focus on that. I’m really happy with the goalkeepers, and I’m really happy to have Senne.”
 
And happy with how he’s doing so far?
“Yeah, for sure.”
 
Scott McTominay recently said that he dismissed the narrative that players improve and their careers change for the better when they leave Man United, would you say Jadon Sancho’s situation proves that point and supports what McTominay is saying?
“No, again I don’t have nothing to say about that. Sancho is not our player in the moment, he’s playing for the opposition, he’s not going to play [because he’s ineligible as he’s on loan]. He’s a very good player. I have nothing to say about that and if I’m going to comment [on] everybody that speaks about Manchester United, I will not do anything else. I just want to win the next game against Villa.”