Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag following two and a half years in charge of the club [Update@post #125]

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Sporting confirm Man Utd interest in Amorim

Manchester United are interested in appointing Sporting boss Ruben Amorim as their new manager and are willing to pay his 10m euros (£8.3m) release clause, the Portuguese club say.

The Red Devils need a new manager after sacking Erik ten Hag on Monday.

"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 Portugal's financial regulator, the CMVM.

Amorim, 39, is a highly regarded coach who has won two Portuguese league titles with Sporting - including their first in 19 years - since joining in 2020.

United have declined to comment on the reports.

Ruben Amorim: Man Utd interested in Sporting manager, say Portuguese club

Manchester United are interested in appointing Sporting boss Ruben Amorim as their new manager and are willing to pay his 10m euros (£8.3m) release clause, the Portuguese club say.

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I heard he plays 5 at the back, this works very rarely in the PL. I can only think of 2 teams that have won the PL like this- Arsenal under George Graham, when they played Keown, Adams and Bould and then the Chelsea team under Conte.

 

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Although he will be looked back on as a massive failure, he still won more trophies in 2 years than Arteta has in 6 during what we are led to believe is some sort of Arsenal golden era.

 

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Man Utd target Amorim yet to make decision about future

Sporting boss Ruben Amorim says he has not yet made a decision about his future after Manchester United expressed an interest in appointing him manager.

Sporting confirmed earlier on Tuesday that United had made an approach and are willing to pay Amorim's 10m euros (£8.3m) release clause.

Speaking after his side's 3-1 Portuguese League Cup quarter-final win against Nacional on Tuesday evening, Amorim told Sport TV:, external "Nothing is decided yet. I don't know if it's the farewell game or not."

Then in a news conference he added: "There is interest from Manchester United, there is the payment of a contract term and when I have something more solid, I will come here and tell my position, because it will be my choice.

"While I don't have everything decided, for one side or the other, I can't tell much more".

Amorim added that he will be at training on Wednesday to prepare for Friday's league game against Estrela da Amadora.

Asked if he will be in the dugout at Old Trafford for Manchester United's game against Chelsea on Sunday, Amorim said: "I will be here." But when pressed added: "I don't know."

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says United would be getting a high-level coach in Amorim.

"All I can talk about is the experience of playing twice against Ruben's Sporting Lisbon team, one or two seasons ago, and the pressure was really, really good," the Spaniard told a news conference.

"And look this season, he is unbeaten and winning all the games in the Portuguese League and the Champions League, [they have] the same points as us. So a high manager.

"What's going to happen I don't know, because what happened here in my experience, doesn't mean it works for the other ones. The manager, the team, the club, the structures, the physios, the doctors, the players, it's many things".

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Modern players find criticism offensive - Ten Hag

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says modern players struggle to deal with criticism and that his generation had "much thicker skin".

The 55-year-old Dutchman was sacked by United in October, three months after he signed a new two-year contract.

His tenure included several issues and disputes with players.

Speaking to SEG Stories, external - a media outlet attached to his management agency - Ten Hag said: "This generation usually find it difficult to deal with criticism. Criticism really gets to them.

"The generation that I grew up in had much thicker skin. You could be much more direct.

"I was approached much more directly. If I would do that with my current group of players I would demotivate them.

"If you do that to the current generation they find it offensive."

Ten Hag won the FA Cup and League Cup during his two full seasons at United, but they finished eighth in the table last season, their worst Premier League finish.

Cristiano Ronaldo's contract was terminated midway through Ten Hag's first season after he gave an interview to Piers Morgan in which he said he did not respect Ten Hag.

Jadon Sancho was banished from the first-team squad after accusing Ten Hag of making him a "scapegoat" following criticism of his performances in training.

Ten Hag disciplined Marcus Rashford last year for missing training following an unauthorised trip to Belfast.

Former United defender Raphael Varane last week said he was surprised the club gave Ten Hag a new contract because his connection with the players "no longer existed".

However, Ten Hag was praised for developing younger players such as Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo at Old Trafford.

He said managers "have to show them (modern players) more love".

"With this generation you choose different words and a different approach," he said.

"(Sir Alex) Ferguson also belonged to the previous generation. With that generation you could be much more direct in your communication and approach.

"A player of this generation will feel ridiculed if you approach them like that."

Ten Hag, who said he will not take a new job until next season, said he was "grateful" to United fans for their support.

"What makes the Manchester United fans so special is that they stand by the team even in the face of setbacks," said Ten Hag.

"I was appreciated and I always felt that when I walked the streets of Manchester."

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