Ruben Amorim's first Manchester United press conference: What he said!
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| There were so many questions about how Amorim compared to his predecessors that everyone forgot to ask about the injury status of Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and others. |
"I believe in them because when I start this week, you can say that it is one week, just three trainings, they change their style and everyone is excited," he professed. "But they are open to different things and the only thing I ask is hard work and that you have to believe in a new idea. I felt that and until they prove me wrong. I believe in the players."
"I am the coach and I know how we want to play. I think it is altogether but the final word as you say should be with the manager, not because it is your right but because he is your responsibility. In the end they will ask you about the results and in the end that comes through me."
Initial games will allow us to see if Amorim's preferred 3-4-2-1 formation will be a realistic proposition with the current crop of players, or if he'll need to seek out new talent in January.
The new coach knows that it will take time to create the club that he wants, and clearly he hopes that fans will allow him to work his magic.
"I know that when you are in Manchester United, you have to win games and I will not tell you that I need a lot of time. Of course we need a lot of time because it is a great league, the strongest league in the world and we have to improve a lot in order to try and win it. So what I can say is that we have to win games and in time, then, win titles."
Amorim wants to win titles, and to do that he knows he needs to gain the backing of fans and players, let alone those in power at the club.
"I think in two years you guys can understand if I am the right man in this process. We will need more time because if you look to the other clubs that are winning this league, they are doing this process for a long time but they are winning so they have time to do this project.
| I understand we will need more than two-and-a-half years, we have to win something, somewhere, but in two years you can understand if you want to continue on this path or change |
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| It was The Amorim Show, and the 39-year-old (we keep bringing up his age for a reason we’ll get to later), came across as a confident, composed and charismatic figure. |
“As a coach, you have to choose one way or another,” he said when asked if he would pick a playing philosophy that could suit the players already within the United squad.
“I always chose 100 per cent our way. I prefer to risk a little bit but to push from the first moment. If they feel since the first day that I believe so much in our way of playing, they will believe too. So there is no second doubts, no second way.”
