Sporting Lisbon coach Ruben Amorim, tipped to take charge of Manchester United after the dismissal of Erik ten Hag, said on Thursday that he would announce a decision on his future on Friday evening in Lisbon following the championship match of his club.
Ruben Amorim announces that he will be explicit
After the match against Estrela Amadora, counting for the 10th day of the championship, “there will be a clarification”assured Ruben Amorim during the pre-match press conference. “It will be very clear »specified the 39-year-old coach after explaining that “negotiations between two clubs are never simple”. Sporting Lisbon confirmed on Tuesday the interest shown by Manchester United in recruiting its coach, and added that the English club was ready to pay the ten million euros provided for in the Portuguese’s release clause.
According to Portuguese sports media, the two clubs have already reached an agreement for the transfer of Amorim, but the coach is expected to continue at the helm of the Lisbon club for another two weeks, until the match against Sporting Braga on November 10th. According to the sports daily A Bola, Manchester United should pay 11 million euros for his transfer, which includes the ten million provided for in the release clause and an additional million due to the urgency requested by the English club, while After the Portuguese coach’s contract, Sporting could have retained him for another 30 days after the agreement.
During the press conference on Thursday, Ruben Amorim recognized a certain « fatigue » faced with a situation that he does not “not controlled”. “My players are anxious”he confided, and “for me uncertainty creates difficulties… not knowing what to say”. To succeed him, the name of Joao Pereira, the current coach of the Sporting B team and former player of the Lisbon club, is the option most often cited in the Portuguese media.
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Asked what he thinks of the 40-year-old Portuguese technician, Ruben Amorim praised his “maturity” and felt that he “was clearly prepared for other adventures”.
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