Manchester United has decided to replace Erik ten Hag with Sporting CP’s manager Ruben Amorim, according to reports from the United Kingdom.
United, which sacked Ten Hag after a 1-2 loss to West Ham, reportedly approached Portuguese to-division side Sporting CP for Amorim, who has an exit clause of 10 million euros.
“Manchester United have expressed their interest in recruiting coach Ruben Amorim and have said they are ready to pay the 10 million euro release clause,” Sporting said in a statement to the Lisbon stock exchange on Tuesday.
Amorim, 39, is among the brightest managerial prospects in Europe and is set to have given the green signal to Sporting Lisbon to begin negotiations with the Old Trafford-based club.
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The Portuguese was linked with the manager’s role at Liverpool and West Ham United but Arne Slot and Julian Lopetegui joined the respective clubs instead.
Amorim, a central midfielder in his playing days with 14 national team caps, has been the manager of Sporting since 2020 and has won multiple silverware during his time there. He won the Primeira Liga in his first full season in 2020-21 before reporting the success last campaign.
In the 2023-24 season, Sporting won the league with 90 points and scored 96 goals, while losing just twice with 27 goals conceded. In the ongoing season, Sporting has won all its nine matches in the league with a goal difference of 28 while conceding just twice.
He has also won the Portuguese League Cup three times, twice with Sporting and once with Braga, where he began his senior managerial career.
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