Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been told that he cannot be selecting players as a “token gesture”.

United currently have a long-standing record dating back to October 1937 where an academy graduate has featured in every first-team matchday squad.

Amorim highlighted the importance of the statistic in the wake of the Red Devils’ 2-2 draw with Tottenham , where former midfielder Darren Fletcher ’s son Jack was selected amongst the substitutes.

The reason for Fletcher’s inclusion was because Kobbie Mainoo, a fellow academy product but now first-team regular, was injured and could not travel to north London .

"It's really important," Amorim told TNT Sports of the record.

"We are in a moment where if we [cut] corners to have success right away, it's the wrong thing.

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