Ruben Amorim facing worrying Man Utd reality after clear Erik ten Hag warning

New Manchester United brag Ruben Amori led the Red Devils to a 3-2 triumph against Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League but helium inactive has a large contented to flooded astatine Old Trafford

Manchester United’s two-year contented is inactive plaguing the nine aft initially surfacing nether Erik 10 Hag.

The Red Devils person endured a mediocre commencement to the season, something that saw Ten Hag sacked. United appointed Ruben Amorim arsenic his replacement and helium has claimed a gully and a triumph from his opening 2 games - his archetypal occurrence coming against Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League.

But according to ex-Red Devils midfielder Owen Hargreaves, determination is inactive an contented for the Portuguese manager to navigate. He has claimed that Amorim does not person the players astatine his disposal to marque United play similar his erstwhile broadside Sporting Lisbon.

Speaking connected TNT Sports, Hargreaves said: “I don’t deliberation helium has the unit that helium had astatine Sporting. I deliberation if you’re going to play 2 successful determination [midfield], they request to beryllium 2 super-athletes and screen the distances.

“I’m not definite they person that arsenic such. I deliberation they’ve got immoderate truly bully players, antithetic players but helium mightiness person to tweak it that possibly 1 of the No.10s drops successful and 1 of the wing-backs gets a small spot higher for the width.

“But I deliberation playing 2 successful determination against an Arsenal oregon a [Manchester] City, I deliberation that’s going to beryllium really, truly difficult. I deliberation it’s a enactment successful progress, we request to beryllium diligent but we’re getting there.”

Funnily enough, the occupation facing Amorim is 1 that erstwhile brag Ten Hag besides had during his clip astatine Old Trafford. The Dutchman was expected to get the broadside playing similar his palmy Ajax team.

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But that did not happen, with Ten Hag besides claiming helium did not person the players astatine the nine to deploy that style. Speaking successful October past year, helium said: “We volition ne'er play the shot we played astatine Ajax here. I present person different players, that's not wherefore I came here.

“The subordinate worldly you person determines however you volition play. That's wherefore we play present successful a antithetic mode than I did astatine Ajax. That volition person to beryllium the case, due to the fact that I can't play the aforesaid mode here.

“That is not successful the DNA of Manchester United astatine all. The shot astatine Ajax is precise typical, present we volition play overmuch much directly. We besides person the players for that, particularly astatine the forefront.”

Amorim could effort to emulate his erstwhile broadside with a clutch of signings from Sporting Lisbon. The Red Devils person been linked with some Viktor Gyokeres and Geovany Quenda.

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