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Ruben Amorim twist?
Manchester United may not be signing Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim just yet.
According to Guillem Balague, Amorim might decide to wait for Manchester City if Pep Guardiola leaves.
That could lead to a reunion with City’s new sporting director Hugo Viana.
United, though, are still pushing for a deal as they want the Portuguese tactician to replace Erik ten Hag at the helm.
Change of heart?
Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim was reportedly reluctant to leave before the summer.
Initial reports suggested Amorim was focused on the task at hand.
However, the Portuguese tactician now appears keen to replace Erik ten Hag at the helm.
That alone shows that the Red Devils have immense pulling power even during intense struggle.
Man Utd ‘hope’ for deal
The transfer rumour mill is in full swing after Erik ten Hag’s departure from Manchester United.
United are pushing hard for a deal to sign Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim as Ten Hag’s successor.
According to The Athletic, there is hope an agreement can be concluded fairly swiftly.
Reports suggest the Portuguese tactician is open to move and it all now depends on Sporting.
Amorim ‘very open’ to join
Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is “very open” to joining Manchester United with immediate effect.
That is according to Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg, who claims talks between United and Sporting are ongoing.
And it now largely depends on the Lisbon giants to make that deal possible.
Originally, the Portuguese tactician intended to move next summer.
‘Verbal agreement’ with Amorim
Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim has “verbally agreed” to become Manchester United boss.
That is according to transfer insider Ben Jacobs, who claims Amorim has already said yes to United – as per his sources in Portugal.
The Red Devils and Sporting now working on a compensation agreement for the Portuguesen tactician.
The 39-year-old head coach has a €10million (£8.3m) release clause.
Ratcliffe targets Amorim
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has assembled one hell of a brains trust at Manchester United.
And it seems, by closing in on Ruben Amorim, that they have started to get brainy. Started taking intelligent decisions. That they are making Manchester United sensible again.
United have fallen so far behind Liverpool and Manchester City in recent years that they have been little more than a speck in the rearview mirror of either of their North-West rivals.
Yet Liverpool and City have both been strongly linked with Sporting Lisbon boss Amorim, the hottest young property in European coaching, and it is United who are on the brink of landing him.
Amorim was favourite for the Liverpool job when Jurgen Klopp announced his decision to quit early this year and he has been favourite to succeed Pep Guardiola at City since his Sporting colleague Hugo Viana agreed to take over as director of football at the Etihad.
So this is a coup for the crew Ratcliffe has put together to run United’s footballing operation – having poached Dan Ashworth from Newcastle as sporting director, Omar Berrada from Manchester City as chief executive and Jason Wilcox from Southampton as technical director.
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