Ruben Amorim held his first training session at Manchester United on Monday, just in time for a key player to return from injury. Though he arrived at Carrington last week, visa issues had delayed Amorim’s start to life as United’s new head coach with the former Sporting boss finally allowed to get down to business.

Ruben Amorim promoted 16-year-old Manchester United defender Godwill Kukonki for his first training session at the club. The Portuguese tactician finally took charge of Red Devils training for the very first time on Monday after work permit issues had prevented him from beginning his work on the initial November 11 start date.

Ruben Amorim could be without up to seven players for his first game in charge of Manchester United, away to Ipswich on Sunday afternoon - and all but one of them are defenders. Amorim is waiting for his internationals to return to Carrington in the next 48 hours before introducing his instructions with United lingering in the bottom half of the Premier League table.