Ruben Amorim hopeful at least two Manchester United players will return amid injury crisis

Ruben Amorim is hopeful some Manchester United players will return from injury and illness for their next Premier League match at Everton on Saturday.

United were without 12 first team squad members for their 12th Premier League defeat of the season at Tottenham and their top scorer Amad has been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign with an ankle injury.

Amorim named eight substitutes who had not played for United and the only change he made was to introduce 17-year-old striker Chido Obi in added time.

"It’s hard to know," Amorim said when asked about the return dates of players. "Let’s wait a few more days. I think Leny (Yoro) and Chris (Eriksen) were sick, so they will recover.

"Chris has the heart situation and we have to be really careful with that - it’s nothing about the heart! I’m just saying the heart rate has to be controlled because he has a fever. I think they will recover and the rest we will see.

"I think Kobbie (Mainoo) is out and Amad is for sure out, for the season. I think weeks (for Mainoo)."

United had a free midweek and a nine-day gap between matches yet Mainoo, Amad, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer sustained injuries that ruled them out of the Spurs match.

Lisandro Martinez is out until the summer, at the earliest, with a cruciate ligament injury, Luke Shaw has not started a club game in almost a year, Mason Mount and Jonny Evans have been sidelined for two months while second and third-choice goalkeepers Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton are out with knocks.

"I think it’s everything together," Amorim added. "Amad was alone, he was doing a tackle, his feet were in the grass. Some players felt sick during training sickness. So it’s everything.

"We try everything to have the players fit, we always