Sporting Lisbon fans unveil stunning two-tier Ruben Amorim banner bigger than centre circle ahead of exit for Man Utd

SPORTING fans unfurled a immense banner successful tribute to Ruben Amorim up of this evening's clash with Manchester City.

Amorim, 39, was taking complaint of his last location crippled successful complaint of the Portuguese giants up of his determination to Manchester United.

Rather than amusement immoderate bitterness towards their outgoing coach, Sporting fans expressed their immense gratitude.

Ahead of kick-off they unfurled an tremendous banner adjacent bigger than the centre circle.

It featured an illustration of Amorim with his arms folded, arsenic good arsenic the 5 trophies helium won arsenic Sporting boss.

The banner work "Obrigado" - Portuguese for "thank you".

Amorim joined Sporting arsenic brag successful 2020 pursuing a play astatine Braga.

As their brag helium won 2 league titles, 2 home cups and 1 Super Cup.

He volition instrumentality complaint of his last crippled successful complaint distant to his erstwhile broadside Braga connected Sunday.

Amorim is past acceptable to formally statesman enactment arsenic Man Utd brag connected Monday.

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Ahead of the clash with Man City, Amorim was progressive in an awkward exchange with a British reporter.

In his pre-match property conference, Amorim was asked astir perchance getting 1 implicit United's rivals City by Sky Sports' Gary Cotterill.

When the incoming Man Utd brag politely refused to talk English, Cotterill bizarrely claimed: "It's similar a acold enarthrosis to your English fans."

Amorim laughed disconnected the comment, and was backed up by hordes of fans online.