Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause

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Don't see how Portuguese employment law holds up in the UK. He won't be serving any notice period.
But theyl need to abide by the Portuguese law if they want to extract him from his role? That's probably where negotiation of the early release comes in
 
Don't see how Portuguese employment law holds up in the UK. He won't be serving any notice period.

His employment contract is a Portuguese one with Sporting, how does that still not apply unless it's negotiated separately
 
But theyl need to abide by the Portuguese law if they want to extract him from his role? That's probably where negotiation of the early release comes in

His employment contract is a Portuguese one with Sporting, how does that still not apply unless it's negotiated separately
How? His new job is in England. Portuguese employment law doesn't stretch to these lands. He can leave Sporting and can't work in Portugal for 30 days maybe, but he won't be in Portugal so what are they going to do? Deport him and make him sit on the beach for 30 days before he's allowed back on a flight?
 
How? His new job is in England. Portuguese employment law doesn't stretch to these lands. He can leave Sporting and can't work in Portugal for 30 days maybe, but he won't be in Portugal so what are they going to do? Deport him and make him sit on the beach for 30 days before he's allowed back on a flight?
He'll stay employed at his current club until the period is over.
 
How? His new job is in England. Portuguese employment law doesn't stretch to these lands. He can leave Sporting and can't work in Portugal for 30 days maybe, but he won't be in Portugal so what are they going to do? Deport him and make him sit on the beach for 30 days before he's allowed back on a flight?
He could start at United and not face any repercussions in the UK.

In Portugal however he would be in breach of contract and Portuguese law and face legal action.
 
They talking about United. What's he saying ?
Apparently he said "trust the process, heh" and then proceeded to whip his toupee off only to reveal himself as Ten Hag's twin bald brother back from the dead for Halloween, something similar to when Kane made his WWF debut and surprised the Undertaker
 
He could start at United and not face any repercussions in the UK.

In Portugal however he would be in breach of contract and Portuguese law and face legal action.
How can he be in breach of anything if he isn't working in Portugal? You can't face legal action on a law you haven't broken.
 
Klopp got away with it and now Liverpool get decisions go their way every week.

Fergie did it all the time.
Klopp didn't get away with it, he got apprehended multiple times and served touchline bans.

"decisions go their way every week" - Based on what? Sounds like something you've just made up. Liverpool were 10th in the table for average of VAR decisions for and against - https://www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...-decisions-affect-premier-league-club-2023-24

They also had a huge amount of refereeing mistakes against them last season - https://www.espn.co.uk/football/ins...-ranking-winners-losers-referee-stats-2023-24

Sounds like it's something you've convinced yourself to be the case when most of the data available doesn't support your argument. Having a manager openly criticising referees every week does nothing and is probably counter productive, both in reputation with the officials and makes you an easy target and the fact you're going to have games without your manager on the touchline.

What I really hope is that Amorim has a clear direction of where he wants to take the team, both in the interim with the current players he has at his disposal and the profile of player he wants the club to recruit to make his vision a reality. I also hope he has a tactical flexibility and knows how to set his team up for specific games should it be required. I hope he respects the traditions of the club and gives those who are good enough a chance in the first team to develop. I hope he can hold it together and embrace the pressure that comes with being Manchester United manager. You know all the things which are vital to him being a success here.

But by all means if you want him to call the referee a dickhead after the game and hope it has some bearing on results, go off.
 
We have scored 8 goals in 9 PL matches this season, 3 Cb’s all over 30, 3 Midfielder over 30 and the team has not scored over 60PL goals in 4 seasons, but our players are underrated!

Lindelof(30), H Maguire (31), J Evan’s(37), Casemiro(32), C Eriksen(32), Bruno(30),

Always Injured ; M Mount, L Shaw, T Malacia,

Frequently injured; N Mazraoui, R Hojlund, Amad Diallo, K Mainoo, H Maguire, L Yoro, L Martinez

Players who look like they are not fit for purpose ; Antony, Zirkzee

I would say with players aging within the squad and huge injuries issues with the rest of the squad that anyone who believes that this squad is a nailed on top 4 squad is deluded?

Fitness, Football IQ, Clinical finishing, taking care of the ball, Game Management, Working collectively as a unit, playing swashbuckling football, we have a huge way to go?

Ruben Amorin will evaluate the squad and look to the youth set up for 3 or 4 players that he needs for his system and also look to bring 4 or 5 of his own players in over the next two windows.

As soon as he sees our misfiring forwards costing him points, he’ll demand Victor Gyrokeres in Winter transfer window, as soon as he sees the club has injury prone full backs as wing backs, he’ll demand at least two of them as well. And when he sees that Martinez, Maguire, De Ligt and Evan’s have very little pace in the back line he’ll demand inacio or Diomende from sporting?

And it’s obvious he’ll want a CM that’s in the 22-25 year old range as well.

Can't say I agree with most of this. If Amorim is a good manager, he will massively elevate the base level of this squad, much like how Emery did at Villa after replacing Gerrard.

All the players you listed and then mentioned their age are basically fringe players and they're almost certainly leaving next summer, except for Bruno (and Casemiro, because we might not be able to sell him, but we want him gone). Lindelöf, Maguire, Eriksen, and probably Evans are 99% leaving/retiring in the latter's case. I'd also like to add that the likes of Bruno or Maguire haven't shown any signs of physical decline, at all, and will probably stay elite level players for a few more years.

Your "frequently injured" list includes a player who hasn't missed a single game due to injury at United in Mazraoui, a player who's always been famous for his excellent availability record in Maguire, a player who has suffered one injury in his whole senior career so far in Yoro, and I'm not sure you have a case for classifying the likes of Amad, Martínez and Mainoo injury prone, either. Martínez suffered several injuries due to nasty tackles and challenges that would've sidelined most other players as well. There's no evidence he has an injury prone body, like Shaw.

We'll see if Zirkzee is fit for purpose, but Antony clearly isn't, but it's not like he has a future at the club anyways.

Maybe we are not a "nailed on" top 4 squad, but I think the deluded ones are who think we shouldn't be making it or coming very close to top 4 under a good manager and no injury crisis. Why did so many people want ETH out so vehemently if they, at the same time, believe that this squad isn't even as good as the Chelsea, Spurs and Villa squads? It's just totally contradicting yourselves.

Regarding your last two paragraphs, the only part I agree with is that we will get a young CM for the new manager, in one of the next transfer windows.

You don't know what Amorim will "demand" and whether he will have the right to demand anything or not. I really doubt we'll be signing several Sporting players for him. In fact, I'd be surprised if we signed anyone from there, as looking at their squad, we don't really need any of their players.

He won't demand Gyökeres, because we have Hojlund who can be turned into a scoring machine, much like the Swede. For free. He won't demand Diomande, because we've just signed Leny Yoro, who was the much more coveted CB prospect of the two, and Diomande wouldn't be the only option if we wanted to add another wide defender to the squad (which will happen IMO, but it will be Branthwaite). He also won't demand Inácio when he will already have Martínez for the same role within his system.
 
The club should have a good relationship with Sporting after our history. I think the notice period is just a formality that should be quickly resolved. Most likely there in the main to protect them from domestic rivals more than anything.
 
You're having a bit of a mare here
:lol: I'm having a mare!? You guys are insisting that Portuguese employment law applies to the UK (which is no longer part of the EU in case some of you missed that), and that Amorim will have to stay in Portugal and serve a 30 day notice period because he's not allowed to work any other job within that time frame, again, according to Portuguese law, which as we've already established, Manchester United are based in England.

Not content with that, now apparently UEFA are going to step in and enforce an employment law, which they have no authority to do so and would be the first time in their history they have done so.
 
But theyl need to abide by the Portuguese law if they want to extract him from his role? That's probably where negotiation of the early release comes in
But how come this law doesn’t apply to players when we pay a transfer fee or release clause for them?
 
This reminds me a bit of when Chelsea sacked Mourinho in 2016. We were in 16th in the table and the very next game was at home vs Sunderland. Before the game, Mourinho stans were saying 'let's see, if we continue losing, then it's proof Mourinho was working with a bunch of duds who have no business being at Chelsea, but they were also saying if they play well and win then it's proof they all downed tools.

Either scenario conveniently absolved Mourinho. We put in a brilliant performance and comfortably beat Sunderland 3-1 and of course the prevailing narrative from that season was the players downed tools.

Exactly. It's same at ManUtd too when Jose got sacked.
 
Because he wants me to be wrong and he doesn't understand European employment law.

If what you're saying is true and honouring the rules of his contract doesn't matter as we are in the UK and they are in Portugal why pay the 10 million euros?
 
How can he be in breach of anything if he isn't working in Portugal? You can't face legal action on a law you haven't broken.
The notice period is the time he is required by law to serve with his employer. It’s got nothing to do with taking a role anywhere else, in Portugal, within the EU or elsewhere.

If he just left the role and didn’t serve his notice period then he would be breaking the law. I’m really not sure what you are struggling with here?
 
He is also Portugese. The idea that he can break the law there and come to England because those laws don't apply in the UK is all well and good, until he wants to do something silly like go home to see his mum for her birthday.
 
How can he be in breach of anything if he isn't working in Portugal? You can't face legal action on a law you haven't broken.

He'd still be in breach there, doesn't matter where he goes. Portugal, England or the moon.

It's what he signed up for and governs the terms of his exit full stop.

Anyway, you just chuck them some more money to waive it if they're up for it. You could always not, but then it sours his relationship with Sporting, makes him liable to be sued which I don't think he'd be up for even we told him we'd cover it, and potentially gets Sporting complaining about us to UEFA, CAS etc. which I'm sure we'd rather avoid.
 
If what you're saying is true and honouring the rules of his contract doesn't matter as we are in the UK and they are in Portugal why pay the 10 million euros?
Because he has a release clause in his contract that he signed with Sporting? Did you think that's a mandatory Portuguese law or something? The notice period has nothing to do with what Sporting want and is a mandatory law in Portugal. It's like giving a months notice in England, it's legislation and in contracts by default.
 
He is also Portugese. The idea that he can break the law there and come to England because those laws don't apply in the UK is all well and good, until he wants to do something silly like go home to see his mum for her birthday.

I'd imagine it may not be hugely helpful with his work permit either.
 
A notice period? Why do you want to keep a manager in post who has his head on another job?

First of all it's portugal so other country other laws, I must say I found it also strange about that notice period but that's because I was comparing it to what I know in my country Belgium. And it's not the first time that I find some laws strange in Portugal. I have portuguese parents who came to Belgium 60 years or something like that ago. I'm born in Belgium.

Second: Why would Manchester United be interested in a coach who isn't professional? What would that say about him, if he said feck you Sporting because there isn't yet a deal, I don't give the best of me.


Upcoming days Sporting plays Estrela, city and Braga, for me the city game is the one less important, we're in a good position in the CL with 7/9, the game against City can be the cherrie on the cake, but the other 2 games are must wins. Braga away is one of the most difficult games in portuguese league and if you take the league into account where loss of points can be crucial to lose the championship then I understand that Sporting is trying to win time, if it dependend just of Sporting he would sign an extension of his contract, if that's not possible then leaving at the end of the season would be acceptable but now with the intrest of Man Utd. I think after the game of Braga would be for Sporting a good - not good not so bad is better - moment.

Now I'm just giving my opinion how I see things, I think the deal is not yet done because there are some points that need to be concluded, probably the staff that he wants to take with him. And I think that Sporting would love to keep him on until the end of thet season but that's probably not possible then I think until after the braga game. That game is on 10/11/2024 and after that you have the break for the national teams. Then he would have almost 2 weeks to prepare the Ipswich game.
 
The notice period is the time he is required by law to serve with his employer. It’s got nothing to do with taking a role anywhere else, in Portugal, within the EU or elsewhere.

If he just left the role and didn’t serve his notice period then he would be breaking the law. I’m really not sure what you are struggling with here?
So this only applies to Amorim? No other Portuguese player or manager has had to do this but our new manager is going to stay in his role for another 30 days?

You guys are on one today.
 


The 39-year-old Sporting head coach wants to succeed Ten Hag as the United manager, but he would like to take his assistant manager Adélio Cândido, assistant coach Carlos Fernandes and goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital with him to England.
Mindful of the damage that would cause, Sporting are believed to have told United that the trio will only be released from their contracts if United pay another €5million. If that amount is paid, the Sporting board will also waive the 30-day notice period in Amorim’s contract.
 
So this only applies to Amorim? No other Portuguese player or manager has had to do this but our new manager is going to stay in his role for another 30 days?

You guys are on one today.

Them guys huh! It's almost like they think there isn't just one generic contract that gets copied and pasted for every managerial appointment in Portugal.
 
Because he has a release clause in his contract that he signed with Sporting? Did you think that's a mandatory Portuguese law or something? The notice period has nothing to do with what Sporting want and is a mandatory law in Portugal. It's like giving a months notice in England, it's legislation and in contracts by default.

Well considering Sporting apparently have the right to waive it, which is probably what most clubs do during such circumstances. What you're talking about is breaching contract, why wouldn't we just say to him "hey why not breach your contract on the compensation too".

The reason is that a club the size of Man Utd asking a manager to breach contract to sign for them would be absurd. Also we will obviously find a resolution to this that is professional.
 
There are several options why this period usually doesn't matter. It's either part of the initial agreement, doesn't matter because it's the middle of the summer break and so on
 
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