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Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is absent against Tottenham due to a knock.

The Manchester Evening News revealed on Friday that Mainoo had not travelled with the squad .

Ruben Amorim did not clarify the team news at his pre-match press conference, but Mainoo has picked up a knock which has ruled him out of the visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Jack Fletcher has been drafted into the squad to replace Mainoo. Fletcher’s inclusion has continued United's 88-year record of featuring an academy graduate in every matchday squad.

United have included an academy graduate in their squad for 4,332 successive games.

"I don't want to be the guy that broke that record," Amorim said in September about not breaking the record. "If you see the past of Manchester Unite

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