Ruben Amorim pledges to 'win for Amad' at Brentford after Man Utd winger afforded compassionate leave for father's death as head coach calls for his players to leave social media

Amad has endured a rough week. He deleted all posts and pictures from his Instagram account after being flooded with abuse for posting a picture of him and former team-mate Alejandro Garnacho following United's game with Chelsea last week. Amad and Garnacho are friends and have the same agent. The club offered emotional support to Amad after the social media abuse and have now granted him compassionate leave following his father's death.

Referring to the social media abuse, Amorim said: "I say the same thing to my players - shut down social media. It's like that nowadays. It's a price you have to pay. But the important thing is the club and his friends are real life for Amad. We are here for him."

The coach added that United were capable of beating Brentford without the winger and emphasised that him mourning his father properly was more important than the match.

He said: "It's a tough moment and in this kind of moment, the next game is not important. We can win without Amad and we want to win also for him."

Amorim also revealed that Noussair Mazraoui would be out until after the international break after picking up an injury in the win over Chelsea. It means the Morocco international will miss the trip to Brentford and the subsequent home game against Sunderland. However, he should be available to take on Liverpool on October 19.

United have failed to win consecutive league games since Amorim became coach last November but could finally do so at Brentford, who are one place above the relegation zone. The coach stressed the importance of building momentum after beating Chelsea last weekend.

He explained: "It's really important. We talk about that in the end of the game. We need the sense of urgency that we need to win, no matter what. It's going to be really difficult. Every time we start to prepare for the next game and watch the opponent, we think it's going to be really tough.

"I have that feeling. But for me, we cannot control the game. The most important thing is to start the game like we did against Chelsea and Burnley. These kind of games, we need to be really focused and have the feeling of needing to win every match."