Ruud van Nistelrooy sends clear message to Man Utd bosses ahead of Ruben Amorim arrival

Manchester United tasted triumph successful their archetypal lucifer nether the guidance of interim brag Ruud van Nistelrooy arsenic they comfortably bushed Leicester successful the Carabao Cup

Ruud van Nistelrooy led Manchester United to triumph successful his archetypal crippled successful complaint – past said helium wants to beryllium portion of incoming brag Ruben Amorim's coaching team.

Van Nistelrooy is successful impermanent complaint of United pursuing Erik 10 Hag's sacking and began his tenure with a thumping triumph to acceptable up a quarter-final gathering distant to Tottenham.

United skipper Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro scored twice, with Alejandro Garnacho plundering the other, arsenic the Red Devils went connected the rampage astatine Old Trafford.

Sporting Lisbon brag Amorim is acceptable to go United's caller brag erstwhile a woody is finalised, with Van Nistelrooy revealing helium is blessed to beryllium a portion of his backroom unit if required.

“I came present arsenic an adjunct to assistance the club," said Van Nistelrooy. "Now, successful this role, I’m helping arsenic agelong arsenic needed. In the future, successful immoderate capacity, I’m present to assistance the nine further to physique towards the aboriginal that’s what I'm present for.

"I’m present to assistance and service and springiness my everything for the nine successful immoderate capacity, with truthful galore radical present astir maine that privation the champion for the nine and that volition ne'er change. We scored immoderate large goals, the archetypal 1 was a quality from Casemiro. I person to besides accidental that we had immoderate luck arsenic well.

"Two posts and it comes to Casemiro's feet and Bruno's escaped footwear is deflected and it’s in, but it’s the archetypal 1 for him aft a agelong time, truthful I'm truthful blessed for him that he’s connected the scoresheet twice.

"Five goals, but the chances against West Ham, Fenerbahce and Brentford, we created truthful galore much bigger chances. All of a abrupt we had immoderate luck connected our broadside - that made it a large time today."

United defender Diogo Dalot said: “ That was the connection we wanted to nonstop aft a decision and a pugnacious week. That was the minimum we could show, for ourselves and for the fans. A batch of goals, bully goals. A bully nighttime astatine Old Trafford.

“We've been creating capable to triumph games, the quality was a spot much determination successful the last third, believing we were going to score, having that assurance we could score.

“We inactive had 2 goals we conceded that we should debar but wide it was a bully nighttime for us.”

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