The Telegraph are reporting that the new Man Utd manager will have to operate on a 'modest budget' compared to previous manager Erik ten Hag.
The article says that Amorim "will be tasked with maximising the untapped potential in the squad as the club aim to end the damaging and costly cycle of mass overhauls."
James Ducker, who wrote the article, says that "United hope Amorim can inject new lease of life" into the squad.
The club believe that there are many players at United who have the potential to reach much higher heights "with better coaching, attention and support in the right system and set-up."
When it comes to the experienced players, the club are hoping that they get this new lease on life thanks to Amorim's arrival as he could look to play them in "reimagined roles."
Club CEO Omar Berrada, Sporting Director Dan Ashworth and Technical Director Jason Wilcox "will give Amorim time to ass the squad and see how players adapt to his approach and methods before they start to make any definitive plans for next summer’s window and the type of players and areas they might want to target to supplement what is already there – in addition to who may go."
Final Thoughts
Considering that we are in a bit of a financial situation, this shouldn't come as a surprise even if it is a little unfair on Amorim.
To have to come in and work with players you don't really know and who are untrustworthy is very difficult so to expect him to get the best out of them is not going to be easy.
I do agree with the club (to an extent) that we do have players who aren't playing at their very best and that the previous manager didn't really get the best out of some of those players. But I also think that those players have to take some responsibility onto themselves. It wasn't all on Erik ten Hag.
Also, maybe they're just shite. That could be the case as well 🤷.
A lot of money was spent on players under ten Hag even in the last summer window. He brought in all of Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs De Ligt and Manuel Ugarte for a combined fee of around £200m and spent over £550m in his two-and-a-half years at the club.
These numbers have nothing to do with the manager as it is on the club to get the best deals but even still, that is a lot of money spent on players he wanted only for him to not get the best out of them.
For INEOS to spend £200m in their first window yet not see as much progression in those players as they would've liked (other than Mazraoui and De Ligt as Zirkzee has been underwhelming, Ugarte was hardly used by ten Hag and Yoro has been injured, which isn't anybody's fault), isn't ideal for Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his team and was one of the reasons reported as to why they decided to sack the Dutchman on top of the poor performances and results.
Many have spoken about what Amorim will want from his players in terms of his style which itself is something completely new at United as we've never seen a 3-4-3 formation used, and is something new for these players.
His style also requires a lot of work on and off the ball as well as being technical, keeping things simple, not trying to do too much, being clinical and helping out team-mates, all of which are major red flags with a lot of this squad.
Him being tasked with getting the best out of them is going to be so hard and if he cannot do so or if things don't go according to plan despite seeing what he's trying to do, I hope that the pressure is on the players and club rather than the manager. We cannot be putting it all onto a coach yet again.
When saying that they will give him time to see whether he can make a difference, I believe they will do just that. INEOS won't want to be seen as another Glazers and make wrong appointments so early on into their reign as co-owners of the club. As they also run football operations, all eyes will be on them rather than our American owners should things go awry.
They will want to make this work at all costs.
Speaking of costs, saying that "before they start to make any definitive plans for next summer's window" suggests that they have no intentions of doing any business in January.
Many would say that we do need to do something considering the quality and unreliability of some of our players (ahem, left-back). Too many of our squad break down too often leaving us with our dicks in our hands not knowing what to do or having to do things we don't want.
At the moment, the entire squad seems fit and available giving Amorim several options when it comes to his selections but who knows down the line.
As I said, too many don't have the quality, are unreliable or are untrustworthy. Amorim also has a style that is unknown to us all and there maybe those that absolutely do not fit into that 3-4-3, which Amorim said he will start to implement from the get go:
“I know how I am going to play in the beginning, because you have to start with a structure that you know" via Goal.
This is why we may need to buy in January, something that the club clearly doesn't want or expect to do.
I can understand why the club are giving Amorim this 'modest budget' but I don't actually agree with it. I know we have a lot of players with higher potentials but what if they don't work? What if we can see straight away that some of them just don't cut the mustard?
Waiting till next summer to do any business may cause this season to be a bit of a write-off
Do you agree with his news or would you like to see Ruben Amorim given some money in January?
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