Why Ruben Amorim turned down moves to Manchester United's Premier League rivals

Sporting CP manager Ruben Amorim is acceptable to yet determination to the Premier League with Manchester United having antecedently snubbed a fig of English clubs for assorted reasons

Sporting Lisbon brag Ruben Amorim has been connected the Premier League's radar for immoderate time, but a determination to England hasn't materialised for assorted reasons.

Now it seems he's edging person to his much-anticipated leap to the English apical tier, with Manchester United eyeing the 39-year-old arsenic their premier campaigner to capable the shoes of the recently departed Erik 10 Hag.

Discussions betwixt United and Sporting are underway regarding a compensation bundle for the two-time Primeira Liga winner, who has 3 merchandise clauses successful his declaration - with United hoping to wage the smallest, worthy £8.3million.

Amorim has antecedently pledged his aboriginal to the defending champions erstwhile faced with reported involvement from Premier League clubs. Mirror Football delves into the English giants that Amorim has antecedently turned down and the reasons for his decisions.

Chelsea

When it comes to Chelsea, Amorim was successful the premix to instrumentality implicit from Graham Potter successful 2022, yet helium made it wide that helium wasn't interested, choosing to enactment enactment successful Portugal.

Speaking to Diario de Noticias, Amorim expressed his contentment with his presumption astatine Sporting, saying: "I'm not looking for anything. And by the way, I privation to worth what I person and not what is said. And it's been said truthful galore times... I've already said it."

He besides acknowledged having had discussions with different clubs, which Sporting was alert of, but affirmed his tendency to enactment put. "I've had contacts with different clubs, Sporting adjacent knows, but I ever wanted to enactment due to the fact that I similar being astatine Sporting," helium added.

Ultimately, Chelsea appointed Mauricio Pochettino, who lone lasted a play earlier Enzo Maresca took implicit arsenic caput manager successful the summer.

Tottenham Hotspur

With regards to Tottenham, A Bola reported backmost successful March that earlier Ange Postecoglou came connected board, Daniel Levy's "tempestuous temper" mightiness person been a origin successful dissuading Amorim from making a power to the North London club.

The 62-year-old hasn't held backmost from giving managers the footwear astatine Spurs, seeing the nine grapple with a scope of footballing ideologies from the likes of Pochettino, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.

Manchester United

Ten Hag's rocky commencement astatine United past season, losing 5 retired of his archetypal 10 league games, had Amorim touted arsenic a blistery campaigner for replacement.

Yet, erstwhile pressed by reporters, helium confirmed that a power to Old Trafford was not connected the cards though helium pointed retired that United hadn't approached him, contempt their intensive efforts to drawback up his services.

However, perhaps it was ever written successful the stars that helium would extremity up astatine United - pursuing successful the footsteps of his mentor.

Liverpool

Then came Jurgen Klopp's bombshell that this past play would beryllium his last run with Liverpool, which enactment Amorim successful the framework for the succession plan. But helium soon fell retired of favour aft disagreeing implicit tactics, insisting connected utilizing his preferred 3-4-3 setup.

Liverpool sources were speedy to constituent retired that helium was ne'er their archetypal choice... and they swiftly hired Arne Slot arsenic Klopp's replacement.

West Ham United

The Portuguese jetted successful for talks with the Hammers aft David Moyes' departure was announced.

He soon returned to Portugal and apologised to Sporting, admitting: "Obviously my travel was a mistake, the timing was wholly wrong, it didn't look close astatine the time. It was wrong, particularly erstwhile I'm truthful demanding with my players and ever the archetypal to accidental that each one's problems don't spell away. They tin overpower the team, I person already removed players from the squad for overmuch less. It was my mistake, I person to judge it and unrecorded with it."

The 39-year-old ne'er made the move, Julen Lopetegui took the occupation astatine the London Stadium instead, and present present we stand.

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