Ruben Amorim officially begins his duties as Manchester United manager today, Monday November 11, and will make an immediate start on crafting his new squad to fit his vision.
Today has been over a week in the making since Amorim was announced as the next permanent man in charge at Old Trafford. In the time since he has overseen three final Sporting CP matches, including a 4-1 Champions League victory over Manchester City, whilst Ruud van Nistelrooy has been in interim charge since Erik ten Hag‘s sacking 14 days ago.In short, it has been a whirlwind time at United recently – a reflection of the past decade at the club, really – but now the key word of the Amorim era must be stability. The key aspect his predecessor struggled with most was the application of an on-field system. Albeit an ever-changing one, Pep Guardiola has kept to a system.
Ten Hag spent heavily on the players he thought would work in a 4-2-3-1 formation, though they failed to make the desired impact alongside existing Old Trafford stars. Now Amorim arrives with his 3-4-3 system that has served him so well in his homeland, but will have to get a tune out of this amalgamation of players headhunted by multiple prior managers.
“I know how I am going to play in the beginning, because you have to start with a structure that you know,” the 39-year-old has already said. “Then you will adapt with the players that you have, some injuries, or no injuries, what kind of players have the abilities to defend, attack, I will discover that in the next few weeks. We don’t have a lot of time to train, so I have to show something that I know very well. You can take whatever you want from that.”
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