Man City star's Ruben Amorim comments shows true thoughts on Man Utd's new boss

Bernardo Silva stopped abbreviated of wishing incoming Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim good arsenic helium prepares to look his Sporting CP broadside with Manchester City successful the Champions League

Bernardo Silva can't bring himself to privation Ruben Amorim bully luck - but helium acknowledges that Manchester United are getting a top-quality boss.

Silva, whose Manchester City broadside look Amorim's soon-to-be erstwhile nine successful Lisbon successful the Champions League contiguous (November 5), has beardown ties to Sporting CP via his mother, portion immoderate of his closest friends are ardent supporters. He saw Amorim alteration them into a force, saying they had go a "machine" nether his leadership.

Silva, who came done the ranks astatine Lisbon rivals Benfica, scored a brace successful City's 5-0 triumph astatine the Jose Alvalade Stadium 2 years ago. However, helium is expecting a overmuch sterner trial this clip around.

"Before helium arrived Sporting didn't triumph the league for astir 20 years but since he's been determination with the president and the sporting director, it looks similar they each went successful the aforesaid direction," helium said ahead of the match.

"When that happens and radical are competent and person the aforesaid thought and spell the aforesaid way, the chances of doing good are overmuch higher. As a manager, tactically, you tin spot that he's truly good.

"The mode helium prepares his teams - Sporting are a large instrumentality close now. I lone person compliments due to the fact that they've been flying successful the Portuguese league. It's going to beryllium precise pugnacious to bushed them."

However, arsenic a City player, helium understandably couldn't spell arsenic acold arsenic wishing Amorim well. He said: "In presumption of him going to Manchester United, I don't privation him well.

"But helium deserves to beryllium successful 1 of the champion clubs successful the world close present due to the fact that of the enactment that helium has done for the past fewer years. He volition beryllium a rival but I americium gladsome idiosyncratic other from Portugal is successful the champion league successful the world."

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Amorim, who officially starts enactment astatine United connected November 11, insists his caput is inactive with Sporting for his last 2 games successful charge, starting against City. He said: “The absorption is connected winning the crippled for Sporting.

“After that, the inferences that radical volition gully from this crippled are not important to maine due to the fact that they could beryllium misleading. If the effect is negative, expectations volition drop.

"If we triumph they volition deliberation that the caller Alex Ferguson has arrived! That volition beryllium precise hard to unrecorded up to. I don’t deliberation astir that. What interests maine is to win.”

Amorim was precocious linked with City arsenic a imaginable replacement for Pep Guardiola, a rumour which surfaced pursuing confirmation Sporting’s manager of shot Hugo Viana would beryllium moving to the Etihad adjacent year.

“Obviously, it is thing that crosses your caput but I ne'er had immoderate doubt," added Amorim. “My determination is made. I wanted to enactment for Man United and that is what I did.”

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