Yoro's injury may force Manchester United to buy a new centre-back! The defense line was too brittle, and Amorim wanted not to hurt the guards

Manchester United have been rumoured with Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Jonatan Tower in the Bundesliga recently, and Ruben Amorim was not planning to buy a centre-back, but the defensive team has suffered too many injuries that have changed his opinion. According to the Manchester Evening News, the Red Devils will bring in a new centre-back if Lenny Yoro is out for too long this time due to injury to West Ham.

After joining Manchester United for €63 million last summer, Yoro suffered a metatarsal fracture in his second game against Arsenal and had to undergo surgery, only making his first competitive appearance for his new club on 4 December.

The 19-year-old then suffered three more injuries, including this one with a left foot injury, and has missed 27 games on four occasions in a season. Depending on availability for the Europa League final and final Premier League game against Aston Villa, his injury missivity could increase.

Like Joro, De Ligt is yet to decide whether he will be available for Tottenham, while Lisandro Martinez is certainly out of action. Another centre-back, 18-year-old Eden Haven, has also been plagued by injuries since joining in January. Even the 31-year-old has three injuries this season. Veteran Evans and "Swedish Iceman" Lindelof, who have been recovering from injuries most of the time, have basically not played much.

Regarding the situation at the back, Amorim said publicly this week: "Whether you can play in the final, Leni (Joro) and Matthijs (De Ligt) are in the same situation. But I'm thinking about next year, whether they have long-term injuries and whether the team needs a new player. That's what I care about, not just for the finals. Of course, I want every player to be healthy. But Lenny has a problem with his feet and I'm very worried about next season, the next squad and the way we're going to build the squad. That's what worries me the most, because the rest of the players will be ready for the final anyway."

United's defenders are mostly 'glass men', and Amorim admits he removed Luke Shaw from the starting XI as soon as he discovered Yoro's injury in the game against West Ham United in order to protect the England left-hand defender. The 29-year-old has only played the full 90 minutes once since February 2024. With a host of injuries in defence, Victor Lindelof, who is out of contract this summer, was able to start both legs of the Europa League semi-final against Athletic Bilbao.

With the departures of Victor Lindelof and Evans, United will be staffed with Harry Maguire, De Ligt, Lima, Yoro and Haven in central defence next season, who have made 37, 42, 32, 32 and 4 appearances respectively this season. Compare Manchester United's wing-backs to see how vulnerable the centre-backs are!

The data shows that Mazraoui, who once had to have heart surgery, made 54 appearances in all competitions; And the new "Iron Man" Diogu Darlow still made 51 appearances despite being injured at the end of the season. In contrast to them, United's centre-backs are too injury-prone. The total number of appearances of Darlow and Mazraoui is equivalent to the sum of Lima, Maguire and Yoro!

Among them, Lima has suffered the embarrassment of being out for a long time due to serious injuries for two consecutive seasons. He missed so many games that many United fans even forgot about the long-haired, "Argentine butcher" who was focusing on his children.

United's highly-anticipated centre-backs are injury-prone, so it's understandable that Amorim wants a true 'iron defender' and is keeping an eye on Jonatan Tower, the 29-year-old Germany international who has made 48 appearances so far this season. According to Transfermarkt.com, Jonatan has never been injured in a season and has only missed one game due to illness. Not only that, but he has missed only nine games with an injury in the past seven seasons.