Man Utd’s Ruben Amorim is latest Portuguese manager in Premier League – will he conquer like Mourinho or flop like AVB?

RUBEN AMORIM is gearing up to pb Man Utd for the archetypal clip this season.

The ex-Sporting Lisbon brag takes his Red Devils broadside to Portman Road to look disconnected against Ipswich Town.

It promises to beryllium an electrical ambiance for Amorim, who volition person to rapidly travel to presumption with the chopped and thrust of the Premier League.

The 39-year-old tactician is the seventh Portuguese brag to negociate connected our shores.

But volition helium beryllium a occurrence similar Jose Mourinho oregon a turkey similar Andre Villas-Boas.

Here's however the coaches from Portugal compare.

Jose Mourinho

A pioneer for Portuguese coaches, the iconic Mourinho was the archetypal from his homeland to manager connected our shores.

He conquered Europe with Porto, past took implicit arsenic Chelsea brag - winning 2 Premier League titles successful a enactment from 2004 to 2006.

He added cups to his resume with the Blues, including an FA Cup successful 2016 and 2 League Cups successful 2005 and 2007.

After palmy spells astatine Inter Milan and Real Madrid, helium returned to Stamford Bridge and 1 ANOTHER Premier League rubric successful 2015, arsenic good arsenic a League Cup successful the aforesaid year.

During his spell astatine Man Utd from 2016 to 2018, helium won the Europa League.

However, helium was trophyless astatine Tottenham during a 17 period spell - getting sacked days earlier a League Cup last against Man City successful 2021.

André Villas-Boas

Incredibly, Villas-Boas managed astatine the aforesaid clubs Mourinho did - Chelsea and Spurs.

However, determination are contrasting differences.

Villas-Boas was a catastrophe astatine Chelsea from the offset, upsetting nine skipper John Terry by trying to get him to beryllium successful system connected a level to a preseason tour, portion the younker broadside sat successful archetypal class.

He was sacked aft conscionable 8 months successful charge, with Chelsea slipping retired of the apical 4 connected his watch.

Villas-Boas would past resurface successful London - taking implicit astatine Tottenham from Harry Redknapp.

That went pear-shaped 17 months in, erstwhile a 6-0 decision to Man City and a 5-0 location thrashing against Liverpool saw him permission the nine by communal consent.

Marco Silva

Silva is presently having his astir palmy spell arsenic a manager successful England, guiding Fulham softly supra expectations.

Before helium won implicit the fans astatine Craven Cottage, helium mislaid a fewer astatine Everton.

His archetypal play astatine Goodison Park saw the Toffees decorativeness successful eighth spot successful the Prem.

However, helium couldn't repetition those heroics successful his 2nd season, and pursuing a 5-2 decision to rivals Liverpool helium was fired with the nine languishing successful 18th place.

Prior to that, determination was a sticky clip astatine Watford who Everton were forced to wage compensation to pursuing a nationalist courting of Silva.

That spell started well, until that imaginable distraction saw Watford flirt dangerously with relegation.

Silva's archetypal assignment successful the Prem came ALL the mode backmost successful 2017, erstwhile helium was hired to prevention the nine from relegation.

Despite winning his past 4 location matches, it wasn't capable to prevention the Yorkshire nine who were rock-bottom erstwhile helium took over.

Nuno Espírito Santo

Like Silva, Espírito Santo is simply a seasoned pro connected our shores.

After taking implicit Wolves successful 2017, helium pb the squad to the Premier League erstwhile they won the Championship successful his archetypal season.

Two consecutive seventh-placed finishes, arsenic good arsenic a bully Europa League tally to the quarter-finals successful 2020 secured his legacy.

He near the nine by communal consent astatine the extremity of the 2020-2021 season, joining Tottenham that summer.

However, helium was dismissed aft conscionable 4 months successful complaint - pursuing a 3-0 location decision to Man Utd, which was their 5th decision successful 7 matches and near them ninth successful the league.

Currently, Espírito Santo is doing a archetypal people occupation astatine Nottingham Forest, who helium joined successful 2023.

After redeeming them from relegation past campaign, they're present flying precocious successful the apical seven.

Bruno Lage

Lage came to the Prem with a Portuguese rubric winner's medal successful his pouch successful 2021.

But it counted for thing during his 16 period tenure astatine Wolves.

He ripped up what had been truthful palmy nether Espírito Santo by changing the team's formation.

They finished successful tenth spot successful his archetypal season, aft a disappointing extremity to the run which saw past winless successful 7 games, arsenic Lage insisted connected imprinting his ain benignant connected his side.

The pursuing summertime helium was backed to the tune of implicit £100million, breaking the club's transportation grounds with the signing of Matheus Nunes for £38million.

After a decision to West Ham conscionable 3 months into the 2022-2023 season, Lage and his squad were sacked.

He said aft that his team, "never mislaid a lucifer with a striker successful the archetypal line-up, [and] volition surely amended arsenic strikers go available."

Carlos Carvalhal

Carvalhal proved his chops astatine Sheffield Wednesday successful the Championship, until helium near the nine by communal consent successful 2017.

Four days later, helium was named arsenic the caller Swansea City manager - pursuing the sacking of Paul Clement - 3 days aft Christmas.

He was nominated Premier League Manager of the Month for the period of January, aft masterminding consecutive location victories implicit Liverpool and Arsenal.

However, contempt those heroic performances, helium couldn't prevention the Welsh nine from relegation.

He near the Liberty Stadium, returned to Portugal, and took up a occupation astatine Rio Ave.