In recent transfer windows, there have been rumours that left winger Marcus Rashford was on his way away from his childhood club Manchester United. – But also this summer it did not happen.
The new manager of Manchester United Ruben Amorim will finally lead his first training session next Monday after problems with his work permit caused a week-long delay. Despite having a completely different squad at his disposal now, Amorim does not plan to deviate from his preferred 3-4-3 formation.
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The 39-year-old admitted the same after his last game at Sporting CP. “I know how I’m going to play in the beginning because you have to start with a structure you know,” he said.
“Then you will adapt with the players you have, some injuries, or no injuries, what kind of players have the ability to defend, attack, I will discover in the next few weeks. We don’t have much time to train, so I have to show something I know very well. You can take whatever you want from it.”
Manchester United’s squad is not built with a back-three system in mind, which has given rise to fierce speculation about which players will fit and won’t fit Amorim’s system.
Rashford as No. 9?
Much of the talk has centred on Marcus Rashford, a player who likes to use width to his advantage before cutting in from the left, although he was on the right towards the end of Erik ten Hag’s time as manager
However, Amorim would prefer the nominal wide forwards in his system to operate more centrally, which has raised doubts about Rashford’s suitability. In fact, in the long term, he has been tipped to liquidate the 27-year-old altogether.
In the short term, however, Amorim could experiment with Rashford as a striker, which is not his best role, but also not a completely unknown one for him. GIVEMESPORT claims that the 39-year-old will choose Rashford as his “preferred number nine” in a bid to perfect in a central attacking role.
It is claimed that Amorim will ‘attack the channels and space behind defenders in the transition’ and sees the England international as more suited to the role than Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund.
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