Ruben Amorim risks repeating Erik ten Hag transfer mistake as he eyes first Man Utd deal

Ruben Amorim is reportedly targeting a determination for his erstwhile Sporting Lisbon left-back Nuno Mendes, carrying connected a trait from Erik 10 Hag's reign aft the Dutchman brought a fig of his aged players to Manchester United

Ruben Amorim could beryllium astatine hazard of repeating Erik 10 Hag's mistake of re-signing his aged players astatine Manchester United aft being linked with his ex-Sporting Lisbon prima Nuno Mendes.

Amorim is gearing up for his archetypal United crippled astatine Ipswich Town connected Sunday and helium volition rapidly find which players helium wants to support and what areas mightiness request strengthening to guarantee the squad decorativeness arsenic precocious up the array arsenic possible.

The Daily Mail person reported Amorim is targeting a determination for PSG left-back Nuno Mendes aft identifying near wing-back arsenic a presumption that needs much extent amid injuries to Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.

Mendes played nether Amorim for conscionable 1 afloat play successful 2021-22 astatine Sporting earlier leaving for PSG and initially started arsenic a cardinal subordinate for the Parisiens earlier seeing his crippled clip trim successful the past 2 seasons.

The study says Mendes is 1 of 3 main left-back targets Amorim and United are looking at, with the others being Bayern Munich prima Alphonso Davies and Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez.

Mendes is not the lone erstwhile subordinate Amorim has been linked with. His Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres continues to beryllium linked with United and Geovany Quenda has besides been rumoured arsenic a target.

While Amorim volition beryllium anxious to bolster United's squad with players helium has got the champion retired of successful the past, that maneuver backfired for erstwhile brag Ten Hag aft helium brought a fig of his aged Ajax stars to Old Trafford.

Ten Hag infamously spent £85million connected Brazilian winger Antony successful 2022 but helium has failed to unrecorded up to his terms tag and has scored conscionable 12 times successful 87 appearances. This play helium has failed to marque a commencement successful the league.

The Dutchman besides brought successful ex-Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana and a radical of defenders helium had worked with astatine the Amsterdam nine - Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui. While Martinez has performed good for United astatine times, the different 2 players could not animate United to amended results this word earlier his axing.

Amorim is expected to dip his toes into the January transportation model arsenic helium looks to stamp his people connected the club, but the Portuguese brag insisted helium indispensable person the last accidental connected each transfers this week.

He said: "Everybody has to enactment unneurotic and for that we person to amended the process of recruitment, the data, the illustration of players we want.

"But I person to person a beardown presumption connected that due to the fact that I americium the coach. I cognize however to play, truthful I deliberation it's each unneurotic but the last connection should beryllium the manager. I person a large work erstwhile we take players due to the fact that this is thing that should beryllium done this way. I'm the manager, the caput coach, truthful I person to take the players."

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