Martin Keown sends clear message to Ruud van Nistelrooy after Ruben Amorim appointment

Now Ruben Amorim has been officially confirmed arsenic the caller manager of Manchester United, Ruud van Nistelrooy received a connection of enactment from Martin Keown

Martin Keown has urged Ruud van Nistelrooy to beryllium an assertive beingness connected the touchline successful his last matches arsenic Manchester United interim manager.

The Dutchman was yet told erstwhile helium volition beryllium relinquishing his impermanent duties, arsenic Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim was yet unveiled arsenic the caller Red Devils' boss. Amorim, 39, volition oversee his archetypal lucifer connected November 24, erstwhile United question to look Ipswich Town successful the Premier League.

Van Nistelrooy, 48, volition stay successful complaint for United's adjacent 3 matches against Chelsea, PAOK Athens and Leicester City. He was a representation of joyousness erstwhile United overcame the second 5-2 astatine Old Trafford to scope the League Cup quarter-final.

Keown has previously criticised Van Nistelrooy for not being vocal enough successful the last matches of Erik 10 Hag's doomed 3rd season. He told the legendary United guardant to not shrink into a ammunition and marque himself a gangly fig connected the touchline for the Red Devils.

Speaking successful his file with the Daily Mail, Keown said: "Just arsenic my autobiography was released this week, implicit with a definite representation of maine leaping implicit Ruud van Nistelrooy connected its backmost cover, determination helium was, jumping for joyousness successful beforehand of america each astatine Old Trafford arsenic Manchester United’s interim manager!

"Truthfully, it was refreshing to spot my aged mate trying to spark immoderate beingness into that celebrated stadium which, for excessively long, has been zapped of each its energy. Previously, Van Nistelrooy had been precise passive portion moving alongside Erik 10 Hag.

"But not present that helium has the spotlight shining connected himself, until Ruben Amorim takes over."

Keown heavy criticised Van Nistelrooy's deficiency of vigor and spark connected the touchline erstwhile Ten Hag was inactive successful situ. Speaking connected talkSPORT astatine the commencement of October, the erstwhile Arsenal defender said: “I’m looking astatine Van Nistelrooy. Is helium giving everything to this manager? This manager looks precise lonely connected the sideline.

“Is Van Nistelrooy waiting to instrumentality over? Because it looks arsenic if there’s going to beryllium alteration taking spot there.

“Is everyone adding to the group? I’m not seeing that from Van Nistelrooy. Ten Hag is conscionable sitting there, thing going on, nary conversation.

“Pep [Guardiola] goes backmost and speaks to the gurus adjacent to him. Is everybody looking successful the reflector astatine themselves giving their best? It doesn’t look similar the players are committed, it doesn’t look similar the unit are peculiarly committed. It’s a lone antheral successful the dugout.”

Van Nistelrooy has already made it wide that helium wants to stay astatine Old Trafford successful immoderate capacity. It's presently unclear where, oregon if, the Dutchman volition beryllium included successful the caller manager's plans.

Amorim is bringing his coaching team: assistants Carlos Fernandes, Adelio Candido and Emanuel Ferro, goalkeeper manager Jorge Vital and sports idiosyncratic Paulo Barreira, with him to Old Trafford.

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