MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United is trying to get late clearance to play Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui in Monday's Premier League game against Bournemouth before the trio head off to the Africa Cup of Nations.

Coach Ruben Amorim said he doesn't know if the players will be available, with just three days to go before that game at Old Trafford.

“We are still in conversations with the national teams," he said Friday. “They are here, they are training and we are trying to prepare all the scenarios for the game.

“It’s frustrating, but at the same time nobody knows who is going to play, so it’s a good thing I think."

FIFA announced this month that it was reducing the mandatory period when players must be released from 14 to seven days before the start of the tou

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