Ruben Amorim faces a challenge to get his team firing again with both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee out-of-sorts this season, but the wealth of talent in the Manchester United academy is open to him – and some fans in the Manchester Evening News comments sections want the club to be brave and unearth the next gem like Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal.. Seventeen-year-old Chido Obi-Martin is one such talent, arriving from Arsenal in the summer and scoring 9 in 11 games in the age-group sides, and Amorim has not ruled out calling upon younger reinforcements in the future if the current strikers can’t improve. United decided against putting up the cash for more forward options after letting Marcus Rashford, Antony, and Ethan Wheatley leave on loan in the January transfer window. Rashford himself made his debut at 18 amid a shortage of attacking options back in 2016, and United have a proud tradition of giving talented youngsters the chance to experience top-flight football – whether they stick around or move elsewhere.. On our Facebook page, some fans hope that there is a young world superstar waiting to be picked in the academy line-up. Reader Karanja Maxwell says: “Lamine Yamal was 17 when he debuted for Barcelona, sooo…”. Saul Phiri thinks that Amorim shouldn’t be put off by Obi-Martin’s age: “He is not a novice because he has been scoring goals. How old should be a player to qualify in the first team? Remember, scoring has no age.”. Others see the situation as poor squad planning. Denis Arsenis writes: “So now we must place all our hopes on a 17-year-old novice?”. In our comments section, reader Anthonys-one-man-army says that the strikers aren’t the problem: “The strikers need service, Garnacho rarely has end product and is always looking to score a ‘worldy’.” Red96leslie agrees: “Get the wingers to actually start to pass into the box… when strikers don’t get balls, it’s hard to score.”. GrahamP says there are other youngsters worth giving a shot to: “Biancheri and Obi are goal scorers but it needs the other players to play them in. Young Scanlon loves attacking defences and he has a good eye for a pass and goals, and there is Ibragimov who has the stamina to get in among the defences.”. Realperson writes: “Van Nistlerooy is putting a 15 year old on his bench against us, and a 16 year old. Obi is looking relatively old for a first team debut.”. Jungle Jerry says: “Since Hugill and Wheatley are out on loan, United will have to promote Obi-Martin into the first team and play him. Amorim must sure have to try him out. I doubt that he can fare any worse than the current strikers.”. Some fans are desperate for anything. IlSacristano says: “Give young Obi-Martin a go. It can’t be worse than it is.”. Have your say! Is it the right time to experiment with giving United’s youngsters a go? Or should the current first team persist and prove their worth? Comment below, and join in on the conversation.