New Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim says he is under "no illusions" as to the difficulty of the job facing him at Old Trafford.
The 39-year-old was appointed on a two and a half year deal earlier this month.
While he moves to Old Trafford this week, he will not be able to officially start work until he gets his visa, which is expected to take a couple of days.
Amorim signed off from his time at Portuguese side Sporting with a 4-2 win against former club Braga on Sunday night.
"I feel ready for the new challenge," Amorim told reporters after the match.
"I'm not naive, I know it's going to be very different, very difficult.
"I'm at peace now. I can focus on my new job and I'm looking forward to starting tomorrow.
"I know it will be difficult to reproduce what I have here anywhere else but there are other places with different exposure and pressure."
Amorim will have 13 days during the international break to prepare for his first match in charge away against Ipswich in the Premier League on 24 November.
A combination of the number of players leaving for international duty this week, and some of those not called up being given time off, means that it will be largely those who are injured that Amorim first gets to see when he reports for duty at Unitedโs Carrington training complex.
Amorim has predominantly played a 3-4-3 system during his time in Portugal and says he knows how he wants to set up his team at Old Trafford.
"I know how I am going to play in the beginning because you have to start with a structure that you know and then you will adapt with the players that you have," said Amorim.
"Some injuries or no injuries, what kind of players, the abilities to defend, to attack... I will discover that in the next few weeks."
United are yet to confirm the precise nature of Amorim's backroom team and whether Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took interim charge following Erik ten Hag's sacking, will remain at the club.
Van Nistelrooy said he had been told by the club there would be an update on his own situation after the Leicester match and that he expected to find out on Sunday night or Monday.
"I have to talk with him tomorrow," Amorim said on Sunday night. "I will explain everything. I'm very clear and I will tell you like it is. So let's wait until tomorrow."
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Amorim not naive to difficult Utd task
posted on 11/11/24
comment by Franko Cantona (U22187)
posted 3 hours, 8 minutes ago
According to the headlines he arrived at Carrington and was immediately driven in the back entrance.
Doesn’t sound very friendly to me .
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Welcome to Manchester
posted on 11/11/24
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 41 minutes ago
13 days to turn Antony into a LWB
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Is he vacating the no. 10 spot?
posted on 11/11/24
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 45 minutes ago
13 days to turn Antony into a LWB
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Should be done by this time tomorrow.
posted on 11/11/24
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
This is the first time we've appointed a manager younger than me. I feel old.
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Fkin hell you old cknt
posted on 11/11/24
comment by Ali - ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (U1192)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
This is the first time we've appointed a manager younger than me. I feel old.
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Fkin hell you old cknt
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Mentally I'm still 16 though.
posted on 11/11/24
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
I know very little about Amorim. I keep reading about his formation/system at Sporting but does anyone actually know if he's the kind of manager who is flexible with systems or very strict and clear in a specific way to set up and play?
He defintely doesn't have the players to play the way he does at Sporting so I don't see him setting up that way to begin with but do people who know him well think he will ultimately want to adopt a 343 system or will create something that best suits whatever he and the club hope to create in the next couple years?
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Well apparently Liverpool cooled their interest in the summer because he wouldn't consider anything other than 343.
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So long as 4-2-3-1 gets binned.
posted on 12/11/24
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by Ali - ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (U1192)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
This is the first time we've appointed a manager younger than me. I feel old.
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Fkin hell you old cknt
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Mentally I'm still 16 though.
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Me too
posted on 12/11/24
comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 18 hours, 53 minutes ago
..............he'll start off with 3-4-3 against Ipswich and then at half-time rip it up and think, jeezo, better start again
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Pretty much what happened to ETH lol
posted on 12/11/24
comment by Ali - ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (U1192)
posted 11 hours, 10 minutes ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by Ali - ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (U1192)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
This is the first time we've appointed a manager younger than me. I feel old.
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Fkin hell you old cknt
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Mentally I'm still 16 though.
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Me too
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๐ซก
posted on 16/11/24
Ruben Amorim's backroom team at Man Utd has been revealed.
The Portuguese head coach has been joined by five coaches who he worked with at Sporting.
Man Utd's new coaches...
Carlos Fernandes - assistant head coach
Amorim's assistant, 29, has worked with him at Casa Pia, Braga and Sporting.
Jorge Vital - goalkeeper coach
Vital was Amorim's goalkeeper at Braga and began coaching with him in 2020 at Sporting.
Adelio Candido - first-team coach
A fixture of Amorim's backroom staff, the 28-year-old has worked with him at Casa Pia, Braga and Sporting.
Emanuel Ferro - first-team coach
Ferro was a coach while Amorim played for Benfica and they combined when Amorim took charge at Sporting, where Ferro was already working.
Paulo Barreira - physical performance coach
Familiar with the Premier League, having previously worked at Arsenal and Liverpool.