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LONDON. – Jose Mourinho encouraged Ruben Amorim to take the jump from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United.
The Fenarbahce and former Red Devils boss has been a long time mentor to Amorin who had an internship at Mourinho’s High Performance Football Coaching course back in 2018.
The pair have remained close and so he was the person the 39-year-old turned to when he became aware of United’s interest.
SunSport also understands that Amorim wants to delay his move to United until after Sporting play Manchester City in the Champions League in Lisbon next Tuesday.
His next match is at home on Friday to Estrela.
It seems certain that interim boss Ruud van Niestelrooy will therefore be in charge for not only the Leicester City Carabao Cup game last night but also the visit of Chelsea to Old Trafford on Sunday.
The pair have remained close and so he was the person the 39-year-old turned to when he became aware of United’s interest.
SunSport also understands that Amorim wants to delay his move to United until after Sporting play Manchester City in the Champions League in Lisbon next Tuesday.
His next match is at home on Friday to Estrela.
The sticking point, however, is that Sporting are looking to promote his assistant Carlos Fernandez to Amorim’s post despite him being only 29.
While there are reports that Sporting will hold Amorim to a 30-day notice period the coach is convinced he will be at Old Trafford next week. – The Sun
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