RUBEN AMORIM wants to bring 1 of Europe’s astir promising centre-backs with him to Old Trafford.
The Sporting manager has been confirmed arsenic Manchester United’s successor to Erik 10 Hag.
The 39-year-old arrives astatine Old Trafford with an impressive way grounds successful Portugal, leaving Sporting apical of Liga Portugal with 9 wins from 9 to commencement the season.
Sources adjacent to United accidental helium is determined to follow a three-at-the-back strategy successful the Premier League.
The enactment has served him good successful Portugal, and helium thinks it tin assistance present occurrence astatine Old Trafford.
The Red Devils person 3 top-quality centre-back options to guarantee Amorim tin instrumentality his favoured three-man backline, erstwhile Leny Yoro returns to fitness.
A centre-back trio of Yoro, Matthijs De Ligt and Lisandro Martinez provides the equilibrium astatine the back.
But United deficiency prime options successful reserve, with Harry Maguire improbable to beryllium astatine the nine for overmuch longer.
Victor Lindelof has agelong been linked with an exit, and, astatine 36, Jonny Evans won’t beryllium astir forever.
With that successful mind, Amorim is keen to bring Ousmane Diomande to the nine from Sporting.
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One of Europe’s astir in-demand young defenders, landing Diomande would beryllium a large coup for United.
He’s antecedently been chased by Liverpool and Arsenal, with Bayern Munich besides linked.
Ruben Amorim responds to questions astir Man Utd occupation aft Sporting lucifer
Sporting volition lone beryllium consenting to merchantability Diomande if a nine were to activate his £70m merchandise clause.
The 20-year-old came done the younker academy of Danish nine Midtjylland.
He joined Sporting successful 2022 for conscionable £6.1m, enjoying a breakout play past twelvemonth and catching the oculus of Europe's elite.
Ruben Amorim is ‘Mourinho 2.0’ who turned Sporting from ‘walking dead’ into Portuguese champs… helium tin revive Man Utd
WHEN Ruben Amorim took complaint of Sporting Lisbon successful March 2020, 1 nine authoritative compared their concern to the “walking dead”, writes Jordan Davies.
Optimism and anticipation was astatine an all-time low.
But the Amorim-effect was astir instantaneous, guiding the Portuguese sleeping giants to their archetypal league rubric for 19 years successful 2020/21, losing conscionable erstwhile and lone conceding 20 goals.
Since then, Sporting person lifted different league rubric successful 2023/24 – arsenic good arsenic 2 League Cups – and presently beryllium apical with 9 wins from 9 this term.
He whitethorn beryllium young, but Amorim already has an oculus for rebuilding and revitalising fallen ace powers with his infectious charisma and aggravated tactical doctrine that hardly ever wavers.
The “walking dead” astatine Manchester United indispensable beryllium praying for a akin benignant of revival.
And they whitethorn conscionable get it from 1 of the astir talented young coaches connected the continent – a antheral accustomed to breathing caller beingness backmost into crumbling institutions specified arsenic Old Trafford.
Amorim has spent the past decennary dreaming of 1 time gracing England’s Premier League, specified was his admiration for an ex-United brag successful Jose Mourinho increasing up.
Often nicknamed ‘Mourinho 2.0’, Amorim spent a week with his coaching idol successful an internship capableness astatine United’s Carrington grooming basal successful 2018, going connected to mention him arsenic his “reference point”.
United should not beryllium expecting a mini-Mourinho, arsenic Amorim said himself: “Mourinho is 1 of a kind. There won't beryllium different Mourinho. Mourinho is unique.”
And yet, you cannot assistance but comparison the two.
For each the mismanagement successful the Old Trafford blistery seats implicit the years, this would beryllium a existent get – yet a slap successful the look United’s Prem rivals person nary reply for.
Man Utd confirmed connected Friday afternoon that Amorim has joined the nine arsenic their caller manager.
A nine connection read: "Manchester United are delighted to denote the assignment of Ruben Amorim arsenic Head Coach of the men’s archetypal team, taxable to enactment visa requirements.
"He volition articulation until June 2027 with a nine enactment of an further year, erstwhile helium has fulfilled his obligations to his existent club.
"He volition articulation Manchester United connected Monday 11 November."