Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause

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I'm not sure why people would want him to make his or United's relationship with Sporting messed up by leaving on bad teams?

At a guess, that's not what he would want - he's been important to them and if only as a matter of pride and courtesy he'll want to leave with professional relationships intact.

Now throw in the fact that we're apparently also trying to bring over some of his coaching team - professional relationships need to be preserved. So what if it means waiting a week - what do we actually imagine he would be doing with the team prior to the Chelsea match.

Of course I'd like him and any colleagues he's bringing to be sat in the stand at that game ready to take over. But even if that's not possible - I think a bit of dignity and respect is not a bad thing for Sporting to expect.

In practice I expect we're doing the usual to-ing and fro-ing about friendly matches and loan deals and extra cash to bridge the gap and he'll be here soon. But I don't think it matters much whether that's before or after Sporting's next match.
 
Disappointed developments today. Was hoping this would be done and dusted and announced at HT tonight.
 
Considering Sporting is going to lose their manager mid season and a manager they themselves paid a hefty fee to get, asking for 4m more ( on top of what they paid for Amorim) is not that excessive. We will probably pay 1-2m and settle this. We have always had good relations with Sporting
 
Can someone explain why United changed their manager priority?

From The Athletic...
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883160/2024/10/30/ten-hag-amorim-welbeck-berrada/

It seemed like the number 1 chose in the summer was Tuchel and Amorim was not considered as "after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then".

Yet fast forward to October and Tuchel was not considered and Amorim became the priority?

What changed? Was this just down to Amorims hot start for Sporting?

Main difference is that the CEO and DOF weren't in place back when those conversations happened.
 
Because otherwise he would have to work for Sporting until the end of his contract or until they fire him
We should hold his beer while he pulls a Mourinho! :lol:

Seriously though, if we are paying to break his contract with SCP then I don’t see how parts of it apply and others don’t. Shouldn’t it be a clean break?

This is the Brexit of managerial appointments. Amorexit.
 
Can someone explain why United changed their manager priority?

From The Athletic...
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883160/2024/10/30/ten-hag-amorim-welbeck-berrada/

It seemed like the number 1 chose in the summer was Tuchel and Amorim was not considered as "after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then".

Yet fast forward to October and Tuchel was not considered and Amorim became the priority?

What changed? Was this just down to Amorims hot start for Sporting?
There are usually a lot of Managerial changes in mid to late November. Other clubs may well have reached out to see if Amorim was interested and his agent is bound to have let United know about this interest - I suspect some surprisingly big clubs came in with a potential interest. Given Tuchel was out of the equation the United board may have felt they had to make a decision now to take Amorim off the table.

IF we see a club rapidly snap up EtH in the coming few days / week then that might be a hint as to who this might have been.

We saw with Rangnick that a lengthy "caretaker" period won't work as the coach has no authority over the players and this is probably what the club faced if they wanted to go after the next likely target in Nagelsmann.
 
I'm sorry, but this is one of the worst opinions I've read so far this week. You might want to refresh your memory and take a look at that 19/20 Arsenal squad.

Amorim will straight away have these at his disposal after arriving at United:

-A technical goalkeeper who's an elite passer and ball-player. Arteta had Leno who's shit with his feet and probably not even above average as a shot-stopper.

-Elite level CBs in various CB roles in De Ligt, Maguire, Yoro, and Martínez. Arteta only had Saliba who hadn't even played a competitive match for Arsenal at that point I think, so he had to phase him in much like Amorim will have to with Yoro. His other CBs were an old Luiz, Sokratis, Mavropanos, Holding, Chambers, and Mustafi.

-30 goal per season striker prospect with a great mental profile in Hojlund. Arteta was given two disruptive, past-it players in Aubameyang and Lacazette.

-One of the best #10s in the world who's the 2nd best chance creating machine on the planet after KDB in Bruno. You can argue Arteta had Özil, but that never worked out between the two, and Amorim will almost certainly get along with Bruno very well, so I will most certainly list Bruno as well.

-Already established youth players in Mainoo and Garnacho. Arteta had to integrate the likes of Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah, Nelson and Smith Rowe by himself.

-30 G/A inside forward in Rashford. Decent wingers in Garnacho and Amad. Arteta had Pepe and Mkhitaryan.

-Solid full-backs in Dalot and Mazraoui (Shaw and Malacia too if they ever return at this point). Arteta had Tierney, Kolasinac, Bellerín, Monreal, Cedric...

-Mainoo and Ugarte as defensive/central midfielders. Granted we need to, and will add quality here, but Arteta had to give a lot of minutes Guendouzi, Ceballos, and Torreira, before being able to add add real quality to his midfield.

The only player who was already an established first teamer, was at a good age, and had both good ability and most importantly a good mentality, was Xhaka, when Arteta took over at Arsenal. So arguably one player from the whole squad.

The current United squad is objectively light years ahead of the mess Arteta had when he took charge of Arsenal.

Really difficult to see some of these players lasting long with Amorin after watching them play yesterday (it was very impressive).

The centre backs go very, very wide and Martinez just isn't good at defending wide areas, I can see him slowly being phased out because to cover that space you do need a bit more athleticism.

The width comes from the fullbacks, so your 10s have to be really good with their short intricate passing and one-twos, they also need to be fairly good at carrying the ball. Bruno isn't really very good at that. In fact the best players there are for that kind of role would be Amad and Mainoo.

I'd also worry for Rashford, Rasmus and Garnacho, they don't really have any of the technical security the best forwards too.
 
Can someone explain why United changed their manager priority?

From The Athletic...
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883160/2024/10/30/ten-hag-amorim-welbeck-berrada/

It seemed like the number 1 chose in the summer was Tuchel and Amorim was not considered as "after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then".

Yet fast forward to October and Tuchel was not considered and Amorim became the priority?

What changed? Was this just down to Amorims hot start for Sporting?
I've said this earlier in this thread but it seems more of a speculative article to me. Feels like Whitwell has been doing more of these since this summer. Probably lost his sources since new leadership team has come in?

He was pushing for Toney in the summer, even mentioned DCL at some point in his articles but never Welbeck. Now he suddenly knows we were discussing about Welbeck in the summer?
 
I've said this earlier in this thread but it seems more of a speculative article to me. Feels like Whitwell has been doing more of these since this summer. Probably lost his sources since new leadership team has come in?

He was pushing for Toney in the summer, even mentioned DCL at some point in his articles but never Welbeck. Now he suddenly knows we were discussing about Welbeck in the summer?
Sports journalists speculating instead of posting facts? That can't be....
 
Sports journalists speculating instead of posting facts? That can't be....
To be fair, Athletic have the best sources to the point where a lot of people take their articles as fact. I dunno, Whitwell seems to be off since this summer.
 
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.

I applies to every employee in Portugal in the context of an unilateral termination of a contract.

Edit: In Portugal the legal notice period is 30 days if there is under 2 years left in the contract or 60 days beyond 2 years.
 
Can someone explain why United changed their manager priority?

From The Athletic...
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883160/2024/10/30/ten-hag-amorim-welbeck-berrada/

It seemed like the number 1 chose in the summer was Tuchel and Amorim was not considered as "after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then".

Yet fast forward to October and Tuchel was not considered and Amorim became the priority?

What changed? Was this just down to Amorims hot start for Sporting?

I’m sure that was a factor
 
Seems pretty obvious to me that neither United nor Sporting would have any interest in having Amorim and his staff serve the 30-day notice.

Both would wind up with their players in relative limbo, which can't be a good thing.

That said, Sporting need to find a replacemente and put them in place. The most reasonable agreement would be a lower "notice premium" and the switch executed at the start of the international break giving both new managers a couple of weeks to settle, get to grips with a new challenge and their squaddies.

That break would be a completely useless waste of time/wages for both clubs otherwise.
 
Do we even want his backroom team? One guy seems fine but 4m for people that are probably going to get sacked when they appoint their new coach seems a bit too steep.
 
Seems pretty obvious to me that neither United nor Sporting would have any interest in having Amorim and his staff serve the 30-day notice.

Both would wind up with their players in relative limbo, which can't be a good thing.

That said, Sporting need to find a replacemente and put them in place. The most reasonable agreement would be a lower "notice premium" and the switch executed at the start of the international break giving both new managers a couple of weeks to settle, get to grips with a new challenge and their squaddies.

That break would be a completely useless waste of time/wages for both clubs otherwise.
They have the replacement already
 
I'm not sure why people would want him to make his or United's relationship with Sporting messed up by leaving on bad teams?

At a guess, that's not what he would want - he's been important to them and if only as a matter of pride and courtesy he'll want to leave with professional relationships intact.

Now throw in the fact that we're apparently also trying to bring over some of his coaching team - professional relationships need to be preserved. So what if it means waiting a week - what do we actually imagine he would be doing with the team prior to the Chelsea match.

Of course I'd like him and any colleagues he's bringing to be sat in the stand at that game ready to take over. But even if that's not possible - I think a bit of dignity and respect is not a bad thing for Sporting to expect.

In practice I expect we're doing the usual to-ing and fro-ing about friendly matches and loan deals and extra cash to bridge the gap and he'll be here soon. But I don't think it matters much whether that's before or after Sporting's next match.

Peoples morals go out the window when it comes to football.

Negotiate in good faith and be a bit patient and he'll be here within the week.
 
Portuguese media seemingly trying to pressure us into paying up.



``` LAST MINUTE: Rúben Amorim will coach Sporting until the international break, advances @Record\_Portugal\.

The coach will guide the Lions in the games against Estrela da Amadora, Manchester City and SC Braga.```
 
You don't want a manager working with the team who has little to no interest in how the next couple of games go for the team you're forcing him to stay and manage. You're better off putting an interim in.
As if Amorim, who has bled Sporting for years now, suddenly stops caring at all about his current job only because he is about to take a new job. Of course he will do his job until he has completed the move.
 
Anyone else feel worried by the lack of progress here? Could become another Thiago and we end up with Southgatez
There's nothing to worry. He will become your manager. It's just posturing and politics now. They will end up settling and I believe he will be in Manchester by the weekend.
 
I’m sure that was a factor

Probably was a factor. Im wondering if they identified ETH's lack of charisma and communications skills as a factor in our lack of successes and decided to go with someone that is the antithesis of that. Tuchel never struck me as someone who players loved playing for. Bit of a moody so and so.

Perhaps a tactical element too with the singing of Yoro and De Ligt? We are stronger at CB now than fullback, perhaps allowing us to play Amorims 343.
 
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