Ruben Amorim admitted that he could bring Sporting CP players to Manchester United next summer as the coach prepares to start life at Old Trafford.
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Amorim set for Sporting farewellWill take charge at Man Utd from Nov 11Hinted it will be a quiet winter transfer windowFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The Sporting CP boss will oversee his final match for the Portuguese club this Sunday when his team faces Braga in a crucial away league game. Following this, he’ll join United in hopes of revitalising a struggling squad and reversing the club’s recent setbacks.
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After a full-blown Dutch revolution at Old Trafford, led by former Erik ten Hag, United fans remain keen to find out if Amorim will follow in his predecessor's footsteps and bring his own cavalry from Portugal. However, the manager brushed aside such suggestions and insisted that he would work with the existing players until the next summer and then look for reinforcements ahead of the next campaign.
WHAT AMORIM SAID
"I won't be signing [Sporting players] in January, that's what I said," Amorim told reporters. "I don't know about the summer. The main thing is to hold on until the summer [laughs]. After that, we'll see, Sporting's players are very good players. I don't know. We'll see."
Reflecting on his time with Sporting, Amorim added: "Regarding how things went here, there were titles that we could have won, I'm thinking about the Super Cup, we didn't win the Portuguese Cup, but it ended up going well and the impact we had, I would say we should have won more, but no one would have expected us to win so much."
DID YOU KNOW?
Pedro Goncalves, an instrumental player in Amorim’s successful system at Sporting, has been pivotal in the team’s recent achievements. And the manager did not hide his admiration when asked about a possible transfer for Goncalves to United.
"He can play in any team in the world and with any player, because he is a great player," he said. "I could take him anywhere. He is very funny, which improves the personal relationship. But he is also very intelligent, but he also has to focus on Sporting because we have to be champions this year. But he could play in any team in the world."