Ruben Amorim reveals key Brentford-United absentee due to bereavement

Amad Diallo will miss Brentford vs Manchester United due to the death of a family member, revealed Ruben Amorim

Manchester United visits Brentford in the seventh round of the Premier League. In the pre-match press conference, Ruben Amorim - who, according to Ben Foster, has his days numbered - revealed several absences, including Amad Diallo, who will miss the match due to the unexpected death of a family member.

"Lisandro Martínez [recovering from injury] is out. Casemiro also can't play because he received a red card [against Chelsea]. Amad [Diallo] is not here with us because someone in his family passed away. We will give him all our support and we understand that he needed to go back home. Mazraoui is also out and is not expected to return until the international break ", said Amorim in the pre-match conference.

Diallo deleted all photos from his social media and the former Sporting coach explained the situation: " I tell my players the same thing: turn off social media. These days, that's the price to pay. The most important thing for Amad is the club and his real-life friends. We are here for him. It's a difficult moment and in this context, the next game is not important. We can win without Amad and we want to win for him."

"I think we've been playing well, but it's normal that the fans don't know what will happen in the next game. Honestly, I have an idea, but I don't know how it will go and I'm the coach of this team. The best way to deal with this is to approach each game as if it were the last. I understand what the fans are feeling, so we're going to start changing that feeling to do what we need to do on the pitch ", he added.

"It's very important to get a good moment going. We talked about that at the end of the game. We have an urgent need to win, no matter how. It's going to be very tough. Every time we start preparing for the game, we look at the opponent and realize it's going to be hard. I have that feeling. But in my opinion, we can't control the game. The most important thing is to start the game the same way we started against Chelsea and Burnley . In these types of games, we need to be very focused," concluded Ruben Amorim.

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