Jamie Carragher hints at the simple reason Liverpool turned down Ruben Amorim

Liverpool were connected the lookout for a caller manager respective months agone and opted against going aft Ruben Amorim - who has present been snapped up by Manchester United

Jamie Carragher insists that Liverpool's tendency to play with a backmost 4 is wherefore they chose not to prosecute Ruben Amorim.

The Portuguese manager is among the astir highly-rated managers successful Europe and Manchester United person now moved to bring him successful arsenic Erik 10 Hag's replacement. Liverpool considered going aft the 39-year-old months agone erstwhile they sought Jurgen Klopp's replacement.

The German had been astatine the helm for astir 9 years and his doctrine has filtered each the mode down the nine with the academy mirroring the first-team. Klopp played with a backmost 4 and Liverpool were loathed to alteration their full set-up, knowing that Amorim was devoted to playing 3 successful defence.

Arne Slot, who was past excelling astatine Feyenoord, was besides connected their shortlist and his doctrine had respective similarities to Klopp's. In an effort to guarantee a level of continuity they went aft Slot, who has slotted successful seamlessly astatine Anfield.

Carragher wrote successful the Telegraph: "My suspicion is that 1 of the reasons Liverpool favoured Slot implicit Amorim past summertime is due to the fact that the Dutchman prefers the much accepted 4 astatine the back, truthful the modulation was easier for the squad helium inherited. Under Jurgen Klopp, the benignant of the archetypal squad was mirrored down to academy level to guarantee those who made the measurement up were acquainted with the playing patterns."

Amorim's enactment and benignant has bought him immense occurrence aboriginal successful his managerial career. He ended Sporting's 19-year hold for a league rubric and has since added galore honours since. The Lisbon outfit are again apical of the array with Amorim leaving his station successful a week.

Whilst Liverpool wouldn't person suited a backmost three, mostly down to the unit they person astatine the club, United could beryllium aided by changing their antiaircraft shape. Gary Neville is among those who believes that tweak could assistance them amended connected their mediocre start.

He said: I person thought for a fig of months that, looking astatine the players that United person that they’d possibly beryllium amended suited to going 3 astatine the back. Just purely due to the fact that of the deficiency of a centre-back pairing and the full-backs look amended going guardant than they bash defensively, truthful possibly that could happen.

“Maybe that mightiness springiness them a spot much comfortableness due to the fact that it would springiness them an other assemblage astatine the backmost and players would beryllium successful a strategy wherever they got much support. That’s thing I’ve thought for a fewer months, whether that’s the close mode to spell I’m not sure."

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