Worries already raised over Ruben Amorim's first batch of transfer targets for Man Utd

With Ruben Amorim's determination to Manchester United inching closer, respective Sporting players are being tipped to travel him to Old Trafford - and Paul Scholes is acrophobic by that

Paul Scholes has warned Manchester United against signing respective Sporting players nether Ruben Amorim.

Following Erik 10 Hag's dismissal connected Monday, United person moved rapidly to find his replacement and are understood to beryllium connected the verge of sealing a woody for Amorim, 39. In the meantime, Ruud van Nistelrooy is successful interim charge.

With a caller manager being installed, there's each accidental he'll beryllium eyeing his ain transportation targets for the Red Devils, and respective Sporting stars are already being linked with moves to the club. But United fable Scholes reckons buying astatine the Primeira Liga champions would beryllium a risk, peculiarly fixed Ten Hag's grounds of signing erstwhile players.

"Manchester United could beryllium scarred from Erik 10 Hag, erstwhile you deliberation of each the players helium bought from Ajax," the 49-year-old said connected The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet. "If Ruben Amorim comes from Sporting, and abruptly wants 3 oregon 4 of their players and they’re not bully capable – that volition beryllium a concern.

"Some players who haven’t rather made it [in England] person gone implicit to Sporting and been alright – there’s a young lad from Tottenham [Marcus Edwards], and the centre-back from Liverpool Sebastián Coates, who spell implicit determination and look similar truly bully players. There volition beryllium scars determination [and United volition be] reasoning what tin we fto him do, oregon that mightiness beryllium wherever Dan Ashworth takes over."

Immediately aft joining United successful 2022, Ten Hag convinced the nine to ammunition retired for Ajax duo Antony and Lisandro Martinez. He aboriginal signed Andre Onana, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, 3 players who besides played nether him astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena. Injury problems aside, Martinez has been a success, but the different 4 person mostly failed to unrecorded up to expectations truthful acold - particularly Antony, who was signed for an astronomical £82million.

Several Sporting stars person been connected United's radar for immoderate time, including Goncalo Inacio, Ousmane Diomande, Morten Hjulmand, Marcus Edwards, Pedro Goncalves and Viktor Gyokeres, and TEAMtalk assertion that Amorim wants to bring Inacio, Edwards and Goncalves with him to Manchester.

However, it's understood United chiefs person made it clear during talks that they privation Amorim to get the champion retired of the existent harvest of players - including Ten Hag's struggling signings - earlier they authorisation different transportation splurge.

The Red Devils spent implicit £170m connected caller players implicit the summertime successful the hopes of propelling themselves backmost up the array pursuing their record-low eighth-place decorativeness successful the 2023/24 Premier League campaign. But astir of their caller arrivals are yet to marque a due impact.

Joshua Zirkzee, who joined from Bologna, made a imagination commencement by scoring connected his debut, but hasn't recovered the backmost of the nett since. Meanwhile, 18-year-old sensation Leny Yoro, signed for £52m nether the noses of Real Madrid, hasn't kicked a shot yet aft injuring his ft successful pre-season, and Manuel Ugarte, signed from PSG, has started conscionable erstwhile successful the league.

De Ligt and Mazraoui, some of whom joined from Bayern Munich, are the lone 2 arrivals presently playing regular football, but neither person managed to plug the holes successful United's leaky defence, arsenic shown by their deficiency of cleanable sheets this season.

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