It seems like half an eternity since Erik ten Hag was sacked, but we’re talking about less than two months. In those eight weeks, Ruud van Nistelrooy has saved United’s downfall with three wins and a draw, Ruben Amorim has signed, but only had to run over Manchester City in the Champions League first. Then it’s been less than two weeks with Ruben Amorim, smiling and greeting everyone and everything at Manchester United. When we hear the former Sporting coach’s plan for his first months, hope is lifted.
The Portuguese is like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer smiling and approachable (unlike Erik ten Hag), but like Solskjaer, he makes it clear that it will be tough months with a new type of training. The difference from earlier in the season is that the players should have fun, lower their shoulders and know that the United manager would rather lose his job than let them down. As long as they show the same loyalty, follow the plan and play for the team.
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Here are five points Amorim highlighted in his Sky Sports interview with Gary Neville.
-First of all, I think we have to be better athletes. It’s something you can acknowledge when we’re here and we see the data. When I say fit’ers, it’s not being thinner or anything like that. It’s the data. You have to understand the data to press high, what are the average meters you have to run, the sprints, Amorim begins.
Point 1: Train to withstand doing the job with high pressure for 90+ minutes.
-You have all this data, and you have to deal with it. So you already know that your goal is to reach it. You can run a lot, but if you don’t understand the game, it doesn’t matter. But the first point to press high, you need to be in good shape, and you need to cope with the demands of pressing high. I think when we lose the ball, we can’t press high all the time with the ball. we can press better. So the focus this week was also in that part. If you don’t lose the ball, you can press better,” the United manager continues.
Point 2: Create an understanding of the high-pressure game
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-You can say the beautiful things like hard work, be professional. You should be. This is Manchester United. In every club [you should be], but here of course you can’t run away from it. The goal is to think first about the team. So I know that sometimes some guys want to play in a different position, but they have to understand the position and they have to fight for the team,” doses an enthusiastic Amorim.
Point 3: Professionalism in everything you do
Point 4: The team first, not only in theory, but in everything the player does regardless of position
-As a former player, I know every trick. I can understand the players. I can understand what they do, why they do it. If they do it for the team, I will defend them all the way. I can lose my job before I ‘throw a player under the bus’, but if he doesn’t put the team in first place, I will be the first to talk to the player,” says Amorim.
Point 5: 100% loyalty – which applies both ways
We can feel optimism rising at Manchester United.
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