Man Utd hopeful Ruben Amorim's 6 Portuguese predecessors have mixed Premier League legacy

Ruben Amorim is successful negotiations to permission Sporting Lisbon and win Erik 10 Hag astatine Manchester United, wherever helium volition go the Premier League's seventh Portuguese manager

The Premier League looks acceptable to get itself a caller Portuguese manager, with Manchester United in negotiations to prosecute Ruben Amorim.

The 39-year-old Sporting Lisbon manager is United’s apical prime to regenerate Erik 10 Hag, who was sacked connected Monday pursuing a miserable commencement to the season. Sporting person confirmed that United are successful talks to prosecute Amorim, who is poised to instrumentality implicit from interim brag Ruud van Nistelrooy.

If United tin hold compensation – and get astir his 30-day announcement period – past Amorim volition go the seventh Portuguese manager successful Premier League history. He has already earned comparisons with Jose Mourinho owed to his meteoric emergence successful his location state and helium volition anticipation to travel successful his footsteps, alternatively than successful those of immoderate of his different compatriots.

Here Mirror Football takes a look implicit the six erstwhile Portuguese bosses and their records successful the apical flight.

Jose Mourinho

The astir palmy of each Portuguese managers successful the Premier League, the self-titled Special One won 3 league titles crossed 2 spells astatine Chelsea, arsenic good arsenic the FA Cup and 3 League Cups. At Manchester United, Mourinho won the League Cup and Europa League, and declared their second-place decorativeness - 19 points down champions Manchester City - successful 2018 arsenic “one of the top achievements of my career” earlier his sacking successful December the pursuing season.

• Chelsea P321 W204 D69 L48
• Man Utd P144 W84 D32 L28
• Tottenham P86 W44 D19 L23

Marco Silva

Seen arsenic their heir evident to Mourinho, Silva's managerial vocation has not followed the aforesaid glittering way arsenic Mourinho's, but helium has established a estimation arsenic a skilled manager, peculiarly astatine Fulham, wherever helium is present successful his 4th play and 3rd successful the Premier League, having led them to the Championship rubric and promotion successful 2021-22.

• Hull P22 W8 D3 L11
• Watford P26 W8 D5 L13
• Everton P60 W24 D12 L24
• Fulham P151 W67 D33 L51 (1st play Championship)

Nuno Espirito Santo

Despite an ill-fated abbreviated spell astatine Tottenham, wherever helium lasted conscionable 17 games, Nuno has restored his managerial estimation astatine Nottingham Forest, presently seventh successful the Premier League. Like Silva, helium won the Championship with Wolves and established them arsenic a credible Premier League side, embodying his pragmatic approach, earlier leaving successful 2021.

• Wolves P199 W95 D49 L55 (1st play Championship)
• Tottenham P17 W8 D2 L7
• Nottingham Forest P36 W11 D12 L13

Andre Villas-Boas

Much was expected of the comparatively chartless Villas-Boas erstwhile helium was appointed by Chelsea, having led Porto to the Portuguese rubric and Europa League occurrence successful 2010-11. But helium lasted little than a play astatine Stamford Bridge, earlier joining Tottenham the pursuing season. Spurs finished fourth, but missed retired connected a Champions League spot due to the fact that of Chelsea's triumph implicit Bayern Munich successful the last of the competition. Villas-Boas is present president of Porto.

• Chelsea P40 W19 D11 L10
• Tottenham P80 W44 D20 L16

Bruno Lage

With constricted backing successful the transportation market, Lage initially impressed astatine Wolves pursuing his accomplishment from Benfica successful 2021 arsenic compatriot Nuno's successor. Wolves roseate to seventh successful his debut season, but failed to triumph immoderate of their last 7 games, yet ending the run successful 10th spot successful the Premier League. He was sacked the pursuing October, with Wolves 18th successful the table. Now backmost successful complaint of Benfica.

• Wolves P51 W19 D10 L22

Carlos Carvalhal

Appointed from Sheffield Wednesday successful December 2017, Carvalhal made a agleam commencement astatine Swansea, starring them to consecutive location wins implicit Liverpool and Arsenal, which saw him nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month award. But helium was incapable to prolong that good commencement and near Swansea successful 2018, pursuing their relegation from the Premier League.

• Sheff Wed P131 W56 D38 L37 (all Championship)
• Swansea P25 W8 D8 L9

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