Manchester United centre-back Victor Lindelof admitted that he “wants minutes” after spending a lot of Ruben Amorim’s tenure on the sidelines as a summer season exit looms giant.
The 31-year-old is out of contract at Outdated Trafford in June and has endured a depressing last marketing campaign with the Purple Devils, with persistent accidents limiting his minutes. Even when the defender has been accessible, he is struggled to make a major influence on Amorim.
Lindelof has turned out simply 14 instances for United this time period – solely two of which have been Premier League begins – and outings with Sweden over the worldwide break supplied him more and more uncommon sport time.
The injury-prone central defender will nearly actually depart the Purple Devils on a free switch this summer season however has cried for a rise in first-team soccer regardless.
“It’s been some time. It felt good. It is good to play 90 minutes. I would like minutes,” Lindelof confessed to reporters after Sweden’s 5-1 win over Northern Eire on Tuesday.
“We play with very excessive depth within the nationwide crew, so it is enjoyable to carry for 90 minutes. It is a powerful and demanding method to play soccer. However now we have to try this, too. It nonetheless felt like we solved it properly, however it’s somewhat completely different typically to be so excessive up.”
Sadly for Lindelof, he has slumped down the pecking order with United in current months. Matthijs de Ligt, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez are all above him in hierarchy, with younger Ayden Heaven’s spectacular current performances doing Lindelof’s bid to earn extra sport time no favours.
Even Noussair Mazraoui has been utilised as a 3rd centre-back in Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 system forward of Lindelof this season, with the United supervisor clearly not satisfied by the Scandinavian.
Having arrived at Outdated Trafford in 2017, Lindelof has did not dwell as much as his potential following a £31m switch from Benfica. The Portuguese giants have been linked with re-signing him when he turns into a free agent this summer season.
