Rubén Amorim, new Manchester United coach
tThe expected script seems to continue its course, despite the great result that Manchester United achieved on Wednesday night at Old Trafford. The 5-2 victory over Leicester has not made the English club's board think that a legend like Ruud Van Nistelrooy He could do well on the local bench at Old Trafford. The Red Devils already have a new official occupant. As has been announced since Erik Ten Hag was fired, Ruben Amorim He has signed as the new coach of Manchester United until 2027, extendable for another year, and will receive between 7 and 8 million euros for each season. However, the appointment, according to the club's statement, is subject to work visa requirements.
And he does so not without having created, on the one hand, a certain stir in England due to his unusual inexperience in a league as important as the Premier League and, on the other, because he leaves Sporting CP somewhat defenseless, although they are undefeated leaders in Portugal, with 30 goals in nine games.
However, it will not fly imminently. The agreement reached with the Lisbon team is that it will be until the next international break, of course. Amorim will continue to lead Sporting CP in the next three games: against Loving Staragainst city of manchester next Tuesday in the Champions League; and the always competitive clash against panty far from home. He will therefore join United on November 11.
This will be the starting point for a coach who will renew the Portuguese link with the Red Devils locker room, as Carlos Queiroz did the same Sir Alex Fergusonassistant of o Jose Mourinhoin the short year and a half that he was in charge of United and with which he won the Europa League in 2016/17, his last international title.
Debut date, November 24
After the international break, Ruben Amorim will debut as new manager of Manchester United in ipswich townwho are currently 18th in the Premier League and are yet to win a game.
In this sense, the Portuguese will have some time to acclimatize to the Carrington facilities and coincide with the few non-international players on the squad. He will have a total of two weeks, starting on the 10th, when he will lead the Lisbon club against Braga (his former team), to face the almost unfathomable task of returning to Manchester United all the football authority that the English team has possessed. Will he make it?
