He was Liverpool's 2nd choice after Xabi Alonso and he agreed to takeover but the move fell through over Sportings compensation demands, I think the West Ham move fell through because they thought he was going to Liverpool
Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood), Jamie (@Vault Dweller) and Ed (@That'sHernandez) are here to give their reaction just hours after the news has broke. Where did it all go wrong for ETH? What's next for United? and what were the highlights?
They also react to United's loss away at West Ham, including a breakdown of that ridiculous VAR decision.
He was Liverpool's 2nd choice after Xabi Alonso and he agreed to takeover but the move fell through over Sportings compensation demands, I think the West Ham move fell through because they thought he was going to Liverpool
It’s most likely gonna be Ugarte and Mainoo. Bruno will probably occupy the right side of attack which will then mean no Amad or Garnacho.
Okay, that makes sense. We can only hope he can become a valuable system player at the least.
Makes sense, thanks for the reply.
I reckon Amorim would prefer Mount behind the striker?
Which only goes to show that INEOS weren't dallying at all, they were succession planning behind the scenes.
It’s one thing to do it in a short tournament, it’s another to do it a full season with his horrible fitness record. LWB will likely be Amorim’s number 1 target if and when he’s hired.
Probably something like:
- GK - Onana, Altay
- RCB - Toro, Lindelof
- CB - De Ligt, Maguire
- LCB - Martinez, Evans (Shaw can fill)
- RWB - Dalot, Mazraoui
- CM (def) - Ugarte, Casemiro
- CM (playmaker) - Bruno, Mainoo, Eriksen
- LWB - Shaw, Malacia (Dalot can fill)
- RW - Garnacho, Amad
- LW - Rashford, Mount (or Garnacho)
- CF - Hojlund, Zirkzee
100% we do and as I said this would make the links to Alphonso Davies much more credible as he’s about as perfect for a left wing back role as there is, bringing Davies in on a free and bringing Alvaro back from Benfica whilst moving Malacia on then moving Shaw to left sided centre back to be back up for Martinez just all makes so much sense.
Man, I was excited when we signed Antony. Definitely overpaid but also not as bad as what he's shown here. Shame how it turned out for him.
How immediate was his impact on sporting?
I do remember them having a very rough year with fans assaulting their training session.
I do remember them having a very rough year with fans assaulting their training session.
Why would that be unreasonable? We see managers all the time come in and has the players doing different things almost right off the bat. It is nothin unusual or strange.
I don't suppose he'll have much input for Chelsea given that the week is already progressing and by the time he gets in the game plan will have been set.
Yeah you're right replace Amad with Mainoo.
No problems, I was only joking
Most likely. I'm happy about this too. We don't need any false dawns with Ruud having a run of games and Ineos thinking he's the long term solution.
Considering he plays 3 43 and him playing in the Portuguese league, will we likely activate the fenandez clause to bring him back to unites from benfica?
It would make a lot of sense if we need to find a proper left wing back in jan window
It would make a lot of sense if we need to find a proper left wing back in jan window
Ta.
Do you not play with a defensive organiser then? That backline is very clumsy.
Surprised by Bruno and Ugarte, too. Bit worrying even.
And no Mainoo-type?
Great to see the club fast and already have deal in place. i guess ruud is not going to be manager for long.
Wonder if RVN has been told to set up with back 3 tomorrow. Be interesting to see if that would happen.
Another £200m spend needed once he realises he doesn’t have the players to play his 3-4-3? You’ll be needing a pair of proper wingbacks at the very least and having to ship out Bruno who doesn’t fit anywhere in an Amorim system. At least he’s a pragmatist and a reasonable coach so I anticipate results will improve. But there’s more to fix at united than just the coach.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
Who would want to join them anyway. A club with asterix in their future. If a manager joins and shit hits the fan it can go very badly very quickly. I think most would rather wait and see.
Interesting, because for me, this is the first thing that makes me question the Zirkzee signing
well he can react to the match situation and make tactical tweaks..
Not excited at all about any coach since it's all been false dawns since SAF retired.
I'll be excited when we get good results consistently and we win a league
I'll be excited when we get good results consistently and we win a league
We the right wingbacks covered, we just need another left back to cover shaw injury issues
Quite like this, taking into account Mainoo I'd probably say:
Onana
Yoro, de Ligt, Martinez
Maz, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot
Bruno, Garnacho
Hojlund
He might not even run with the 3-4-3 initially, imagine he's a top class (REALLY HOPE HE IS) coach able to adapt and get a song out of underperforming players.
Calm down... we are 14th.
Don't know about it's legality but surely he'll be able to give instructions over the phone were he sure he'll end up here by then.
Probably a bad idea to be in charge for the Chelsea game as he'll have had basically 0 training time before the game and Chelsea look quite good this weekend. Would rather not start his tenure off with a morale bruiser.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
On that note I'm told that the ASPTT Montpellier doesn't see him as a top candidate either. They don't like the idea of investing in wingbacks.
I'd replace Amad with Mainoo with Bruno drifting to the right. It's difficult to translate Sporting playing style to United with the players that you have. For example we have two very good ball playing and passing CBs in Debast and Inácio and there's no equivalent at United.
He won't have the time at all to do that given he also has a match for Sporting today. One step at a time.
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I very much doubt INEOS will be willing to bring back Alvaro Fernandez in January for more than twice the price they let him go for in the summer
My one concern about him is his links to man city, I like to think we are not just after him because he is being linked with man city because whenever we have recruited someone that has been linked to man city it has not ended well for us in recent years - sanchez, maguire, ronaldo
Intresting. So guessing if true that we may get an announcement tonight/tomorrow morning
Probably still be the cheapest option out there for what looks like a promising left wing back.