Old Manchester United players Wes Brown and Danny Simpson were interviewed recently and talked about Menu's situation.
Wes Brown said: "Menu will want to play. The current situation is that he has not got a starting opportunity and has not received playing time. But Menu is a very talented young player. At his age, he needs to play. The same is true at the national team level, so he will be very happy with the progress of this season. Disappointed."
"I just hope that the manager and him are communicating and sort of figuring out what the manager wants from him and what areas he needs to improve on because Menu is a talented young man and he needs to get more playing time and hopefully that will happen."
"He's probably thinking, 'I don't. You know what’s coming next’, the World Cup is coming next summer and he will want to be part of the England squad but he needs to play. It's going to be tough, I'm not sure what's going to happen next, the only thing I can say is, has he talked to the head coach to understand what the coach wants from him? This is probably what surprised everyone this season, that he failed to get a single start. "
"It's going to be frustrating for him, very frustrating. He will believe he should have played more minutes, but that happens to every team. I think the key is how the players deal with it themselves, how they respond to it, to make sure the manager notices it too A little. "
Danny Simpson said: "Amorim seems to be fairly fixed at the moment in using Bruno Fernandez and Casemiro as the main midfield duo, while Ugarte looks to be the third pick. "
"There are times when Menu and Ugarte are on the court at the same time, I think Menu performs better than Ugarte, but he still doesn't get the opportunity to take precedence over the latter. It must feel frustrating when you're not just the next sub, but the sub after the sub. By the way, one of the two main midfielders has never been substituted, that is Bruno Fernandez, so Menu looks at it and thinks, ‘Unless Someone gets hurt or I can’t play,’ and you don’t want any of your teammates to get hurt. "
"So I think he might want to look for a loan to leave the team because he needs to play games. Even as an asset for United, he needs to improve his game, he needs to play football. He's too young to just sit on the bench. He is one of our academy players and could be worth as much as £80 million to £90 million. "
"If he can't play under the head coach, he has to go somewhere else to play. And if it looks like the manager is going to stay, then I think the club will have to make the decision to let him go. "