The Reds are looking to hire their first permanent manager under Ineos after Erik ten Hag’s sacking on Monday. It’s been an inauspicious start for United’s co-owners, who now control football operations at Old Trafford.
Ineos have been heavily criticised in some quarters after sticking with Ten Hag following last season’s eight placed finish – United’s worst in the top flight since 1990. But could they now be making a brave move which offers hope that the mood music will change at Old Trafford?
Amorim would be a risk, make no mistake about it. The 39-year-old has never managed outside of Portugal, a domestic league below the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga in terms of quality.
It was a historic success from a young manager who guided the club to 85 points and with just one defeat all season. It banished a near – two-decade long hoodoo which resulted in another league title three years later.
Whilst repeating the same success at United will be a far greater challenge, ending a long wait for league title success at Sporting will no doubt appeal to the club’s chiefs that he can repeat the same trick in Manchester.
It’s something which United’s greatest-ever manager famously did to an even bigger extent. Ferguson arrived from Aberdeen and after several years of frustration, ended a 26-year wait for a top-flight title in the inaugural Premier League season of 1992/93.
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