O Manchester United announced this Friday (1st) the signing of the Portuguese Rúben Amorim39 years old, as his new coach.
The coach arrives to take the place left by the Dutchman Erik ten Hagwhich was fired last Monday (28).
The Portuguese player, however, will only take on his new role on November 11, after the Fifa Data break, as anticipated the ESPN.
As a result, the former striker Ruud van Nistelrooywho is part of the fixed committee of the “Red Devils”, will continue to command the cast in the coming days.
Amorim was in Sportingfrom Portugal, since 2020, awakening the greed of Red Devils by doing excellent work for the “Lions”.
Negotiations between the parties were quick, with the United expressing their intention to pay the termination fine of the commander (10 million eurosor R$62.12 million) on Tuesday (29).
After all the bureaucratic details were resolved, the young coach was announced by United, signing a contract until June 2027 with the British team.
Former midfielder, Rúben Amorim had notable spells for Benfica and the selection of Portugal during his time as an athlete.
He retired in 2016 and soon after began his coaching career, taking over the small Pious House em 2018.
The rise was meteoric: the following year, he went to Braga B and in a few months he took over the club’s main team.
With a utilization of almost 77% points and the 2019/20 League Cup title, he caught the attention of Sporting, who signed him to end his almost two decades of absence in the Portuguese Championship.
The bet was right, with the “Leões” winning the Portuguese and the League Cup in 2020/21, Amorim’s first season in charge.
His path of titles continued for the next few years, with another victory in the national league, another League Cup and even a Portuguese Super Cup.
In the current season, Rúben leaves the Alviverde team with perfect performance in Portuguese, with new ones victories in the first new ones games.
Now, he will lead his first club outside Portuguese football, being yet another foreign coach to take over a team in the powerful Premier League.
