Ruben Amorim tipped to hand lifeline to Man Utd star Erik ten Hag wanted to sell

Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim is expected to instrumentality with his tried and trusted 3-4-3 enactment - and that could unfastened the doorway for England's Harry Maguire

Mark Lawrenson reckons that Harry Maguire could bask a caller lease of beingness successful Ruben Amorim's favoured 3-4-3 formation.

Amorim, 39, started his Manchester United tenure disconnected with a 1-1 gully against Ipswich Town astatine the play up of large matches against Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League and Everton successful the Premier League.

The highly-rated Portuguese manager arrives astatine Old Trafford with an awesome assemblage of enactment from his clip astatine Sporting Lisbon. Amorim deployed a backmost three for astir of his Sporting tenure - and Lawrenson believes that could unfastened the doorway for Maguire, adjacent though United signed 2 different centre-backs successful Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro during the summertime transportation window.

"If Harry Maguire knocked connected Ruben Amorim’s door, he’ll person a look astatine him and spot what he’s got," the Liverpool icon told Paddy Power.

"With each subordinate – and there’s tons of them – helium has to look astatine each one, but successful the meantime, helium indispensable get results.

"If Harry Maguire plays arsenic the mediate of Amorim’s backmost three, he’ll beryllium comfortable. It’s conscionable that helium doesn’t person that fractional a gait of pace. Ruben Amorim mightiness deliberation helium tin enactment him successful the mediate with 2 guys either broadside who person legs and spot however they go."

Unfortunately for Maguire, his banal has fallen astatine Manchester United successful caller years. He was adjacent stripped of the nine captaincy by Erik 10 Hag backmost successful the summertime of 2023 aft losing his spot successful the Dutchman's team.

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It was reported astatine the clip that Maguire had the accidental to permission Old Trafford with West Ham making a bid for his services. Maguire stayed and went connected to triumph backmost his spot successful the squad nether Ten Hag, but it emerged past period anterior to the Dutchman's departure that he had planned to merchantability the defender successful January.

Maguire started United's opening crippled of the play and has made 5 Premier League appearances truthful acold this term, though helium did not diagnostic successful Ten Hag's last lucifer astatine the helm oregon during the interim reign of Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The England centre-half is facing adjacent much contention for places this twelvemonth with De Ligt and Yoro joining Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans successful vying for a starting role.

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