'He won’t have his back' – Ruben Amorim encouraged to ditch Ruud van Nistelrooy

With Ruben Amorim little than a week distant from opening his caller occupation astatine Manchester United, the 39-year-old has been told to axe fashionable existent interim brag Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ruben Amorim indispensable axe Ruud van Nistelrooy erstwhile helium arrives astatine Manchester United arsenic the Dutchman whitethorn confuse things, says Teddy Sheringham.

Erik 10 Hag's two-and-a-half years successful complaint astatine Old Trafford came to an extremity past week erstwhile helium was sackedfollowing a 2-1 decision against West Ham. Van Nistelrooy, who joined United successful the summer, has been handed the reins successful the interim, got disconnected to the cleanable commencement to his clip successful complaint with a 5-2 triumph implicit Leicester successful the Carabao Cup, earlier a 1-1 gully against Chelsea successful the Premier League.

It didn’t instrumentality agelong for the Red Devils to earmark Ten Hag’s imperishable successor, with Sporting CP brag Amorim acceptable to instrumentality implicit connected November 11. He has already earned himself immoderate brownie points by defeating rivals Manchester City 4-1 successful the Champions League this week.

When Amorim does measurement into the Old Trafford dugout, erstwhile United prima Sheringham has urged him to instal his ain staff, arsenic Van Nistelrooy whitethorn not spot eye-to-eye with the 39-year-old and a freshness astir the nine is needed.

“It wouldn’t beryllium a mistake for Ruben Amorim to portion ways with Ruud van Nistelrooy,” Sheringham told Flashscore. "Most managers travel successful with their unit down them, and with his banal truthful high, helium volition beryllium capable to marque his ain demands.

“If helium doesn't cognize Ruud and doesn't cognize his personality, past helium won’t person his back. I deliberation erstwhile caller managers travel in, it’s clip for a caller start, and you don’t privation immoderate disorder arsenic to what was astatine the nine before.”

Since his summertime arrival, Van Nistelrooy has earned plaudits from a assortment of players, notably attackers specified arsenic Marcus Rashford, who consciousness that his grooming drills person borne fruit. Amorim's contiguous precedence volition beryllium getting United firing successful the Premier League aft their dismal commencement to the season.

He promises a caller tactical attack - with his preferred high-possession, high-pressing backmost 3 - arsenic good arsenic a implicit mentality overhaul. However, Sheringham has warned that this occupation volition not beryllium easy, and that taking 1 of the game's hottest managerial seats comes with heightened scrutiny and attentive eyes.

“Ruben Amorim has a bully grounds successful Portugal, but he’s coming into 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world, and it's a pugnacious vessel to sail," Sheringham continued. "A batch of apical managers person failed astatine Man Utd. I emotion his youthfulness and the exuberance that follows him, but we'll person to spot what happens successful sticky times due to the fact that it's a pugnacious occupation to person astatine specified a young age.

“I deliberation Amorim is coming retired and saying the close things, but until he's successful the blistery seat, we person nary thought what to expect. We bash cognize that Man Utd went retired and got their man, which is the main thing. Erik 10 Hag could person gone a batch sooner successful a batch of people's eyes. But they've gone retired and got their antheral now, and hopefully, he's close for the job.”

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