The countdown is on to Ruben Amorim's first game as Manchester United head coach, and the Portuguese has already revealed what Reds everywhere can expect to see when his maiden starting XI takes to the pitch.
“I think you will see an idea,”Amorim began. “You could like it or not, I don't know, but you will see an idea.
“A lot of people now talk about the 3-4-3 and the 4-3-3 and all that stuff,”he said. “But when I think as a player or as a team-mate of Manchester United, it is not a system or formation – it's like the character of the players, the way they see the club.
The priorities for the new man are clear in his mind. As the trip to Portman Road and a first Old Trafford outing, against Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League, come into view, what follows is a December crammed with action, with nine fixtures across the final month of 2024.
“For me, of course you are in the club, you have to win,”
he stressed. “We know that we need time, but we have to win time.
”To win time is to win games but the most important thing for me is identity. So, since day one, we didn't start training, we didn’t have the players. But, since day one, we will start with our identity. Of course, we are going to prepare [for] the games, but we will focus a lot in our game model.
“How to play, how to press, these small things, small details. You cannot go 100 per cent on every detail because it will be confusing for the players. So if I have to say one thing, my main goal, my first goal, is identity.”
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