Erik ten Hag might have already cost Ruben Amorim dream Man Utd transfer

Ruben Amorim is among the aboriginal favourites to regenerate Erik 10 Hag astatine Manchester United and 1 of his archetypal signings astatine Old Trafford whitethorn already person been ruined by the Red Devils’ commencement to the season

Ruben Amorim’s hopes of signing Viktor Gyokeres for Manchester United already look to beryllium dormant aft the Sporting Lisbon star’s “dream” was revealed.

The Portuguese tactician has been powerfully linked with his own determination to Old Trafford. Amorim has emerged arsenic the wide favourite to win Erik 10 Hag, with Red Devils chiefs considering activating his merchandise clause.

While determination is inactive immoderate enactment to do, absorption has already switched to imaginable signings helium could made successful Manchester. One of those is prima guardant Viktor Gyokeres.

The erstwhile Brighton, Swansea and Coventry antheral has go 1 of the astir sought-after strikers successful world shot since signing for Sporting Lisbon. And the chances of him leaving Sporting mightiness person accrued aft it was claimed successful Germany that his merchandise clause has dropped dramatically.

But United already find themselves connected the backmost ft fixed that Gyokeres has already expressed a burning tendency to play successful the Champions League. Speaking earlier this season, helium said: “I deliberation everyone that plays shot ever has a imagination of playing successful the Champions League. So yeah, we’re excited, let’s see.

“I deliberation we purpose to triumph the matches we play wherever we go. I deliberation that applies successful the Champions League also. So we volition spell for the win, and we volition spot however acold that tin instrumentality us.”

United are of people successful the Europa League this season, portion they already immoderate mode disconnected the gait erstwhile it comes to the Champions League places for adjacent term. The Red Devils beryllium 14th aft a disastrous commencement to the play nether Erik 10 Hag - and 7 points down fourth-placed Aston Villa.

While aboriginal days, it’s going to instrumentality a melodramatic turnaround to gain a spot astatine Europe’s apical table. Despite that, Amorim’s power could spell a agelong mode successful getting Gyokeres to Old Trafford.

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The striker’s cause Hasan Cetinkaya admitted earlier this twelvemonth that helium was a driving unit down Gyokeres’ determination to Sporting Lisbon. Speaking to A Bola, helium said: “It doesn’t astonishment maine that Ruben is being linked to Liverpool, it’s normal, his enactment is of a precocious level, it’s what the clubs are looking for.

“Yes, it volition beryllium much hard for Viktor to enactment if Ruben Amorim leaves Sporting due to the fact that Viktor came precisely due to the fact that of Ruben. The time we met, I said to Ruben: ‘Here’s my boy, helium came to Sporting due to the fact that of you’.”

He added: “There were 8 clubs precise funny successful Viktor past summer. They each paid Coventry much than Sporting, they each paid Viktor more, they each paid a higher committee to the agent.

“And I brought him to Sporting due to the fact that of Ruben Amorim, due to the fact that I cognize his enactment and his enactment with the players. I chose Ruben due to the fact that helium is simply a manager astatine different level.”

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