Rio Ferdinand tips Ruben Amorim to immediately ‘break the bank’ for Man Utd target

Tony MoganPublished Nov 1, 2024, 1:34pm|Updated Nov 1, 2024, 1:35pm

Rio Ferdinand believes Ruben Amorim volition ‘break the bank’ to bring Viktor Gyokeres to Manchester United with him, adjacent if it raises questions implicit Rasmus Hojlund’s future.

United confirmed the assignment of the Portuguese coach connected Friday with Amorim acceptable to officially statesman duties connected 11 November.

The 39-year-old is regarded arsenic 1 of the brightest young coaches successful Europe and volition beryllium tasked with lifting United from their existent malaise with scoring goals a large concern.

Only Southampton and Crystal Palace person scored little than United successful the Premier League this season. Amorim has had nary specified problems successful Portugal with his broadside scoring 30 times successful 9 games this play – with the electrical signifier of Gyokeres a ample portion of that.

The Sweden planetary has 16 goals successful 15 appearances aft bagging 43 successful 50 successful his archetypal run with Sporting past word pursuing a determination from Coventry City successful the summertime of 2023.

Arsenal are among the increasing fig of sides funny successful his services but Ferdinand believes Amorim could marque a determination to United a apical priority.

‘Gyokeres has scored a chapeau load of goals and Amorim has made a subordinate retired of him,’ Ferdinand told Rio Reacts. ‘I wouldn’t beryllium amazed if helium says “there is 1 subordinate I request to get retired of determination [Sporting] and it’s going to beryllium him”.

‘He’s is integral for him. What happens to Rasmus Hojlund if they interruption the slope for idiosyncratic similar him? 64 appearances, 53 goals, played successful England earlier albeit successful the Championship. Would they interruption the slope for him and what would that mean for Hojlund? It’s a large determination to make.’

Hojlund joined United from Atalanta successful a woody that could emergence to £72million successful the summertime of 2023, bagging 16 goals successful his archetypal play successful English football.

The Dane, United’s lone accepted centre guardant option, has scored doubly since returning from a hamstring wounded past month.

Amorim volition officially instrumentality the reins during November’s planetary interruption with Ferdinand viewing his accomplishment arsenic a large coup for the club. With Pep Guardiola’s aboriginal uncertain, the 39-year-old has been linked with the manager’s occupation astatine Manchester City, speculation that heightened aft confirmation Hugo Viana volition permission Sporting adjacent summertime to go the club’s manager of football.

‘He was reasonably sought aft by immoderate of the apical clubs,’ Ferdinand continued. ‘I deliberation if Pep had gone helium would beryllium idiosyncratic Man City would person gone for. I’ve heard that connected bully authority.’

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