Ruben Amorim makes Manchester United transfer statement on Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho

Ruben Amorim wants to keep Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho at Old Trafford, but admitted Manchester United must consider selling academy graduates to stay within the Premier League's spending rules.

Mainoo and Garnacho both impressed in the Europa League win in Bucharest against FCSB on Thursday night, but they have both been linked with a move away during the January transfer window. Mainoo, 19, is set to stay at the club but there is interest from Chelsea and Napoli in 20-year-old Garnacho.

United would have to reluctantly consider offers they view as too good to turn down for the academy gems, with both representing pure profit in accounting terms if they were to be sold. They are also two of the more saleable assets in Amorim's squad.

Not only do United need to raise funds to reinvest under Amorim, but they remain close to the line on the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR). Selling academy players, who have no fee to amortise, has become a handy way to boost a club's PSR position and Amorim accepts that United will have to go down that route as well.

"I want players like Kobbie and Garnacho," said Amorim. "The focus is that we have to improve our academy. And you have to bring more [through].

"That is something that all the clubs in England have to take advantage of. The players that come from their academies. To play, to feel the shirt, but also to sell them. So our focus is to bring more [through]."

Garnacho came on at half-time in Bucharest and immediately injected some pace into United's play. Having been in control of the game before the break, they began to create chances in the second period. Garnacho hit the post with the game still goalless before creating the second goal for