Ferdinand backs Amorim to succeed at Man United | OneFootball

Rio Ferdinand has backed Ruben Amorim to be a success at Manchester United and believes the 39-year-old has the charisma to revive the club.

Amorim has been appointed as Manchester United manager on a two-and-a-half year deal, with the Portuguese coach set to take charge on November 11th.

He arrives having won two Primeira Liga titles at Sporting Lisbon, the first of which saw the capital club crowned champions for the first time in 19 years.

Ferdinand believes that achievement proves Amorim is capable of turning around a struggling side, hailing his impact in taking Sporting to the summit of Portuguese football.

He said conversations with former Manchester United teammate and ex-Sporting Lisbon winger Nani have convinced him that Amorim is capable of success at Old Trafford.

“If Pep Guardiola had gone, I think that [Ruben] Amorim would have been someone that Manchester City were looking at. There are similarities to what Erik ten Hag was doing at Ajax but what I would say is that Amorim took a club that was on a barren spell,” Ferdinand said, as per the BBC.

“[Sporting] couldn’t compete with Porto or Benfica, hadn’t got near to winning the league – disenchanted fanbase, turmoil behind the scenes. He went in there and immediately turned their fortunes around. He changed their style of football, style of play, and expectations.

Amorim has ‘character and charisma’ to succeed at Manchester United

“I think the biggest difference between the two (Amorim and Ten Hag), from what I am hearing from people who have played for them but also been around, is the character and charisma compared to Erik ten Hag will be the big difference. United need someone with the character and charisma to go ‘you know what, I don’t care what has happened here, I see a player in you’. You need someone who is going to be like that.

“This is a man who built Manuel Ugarte, who has come to Manchester United. He built a £60m player. He changed the landscape for a football club. That is not easy to do. I don’t care what league you are in.

“I spoke to Nani the other day and he said ‘Rio, the players play for him, love him and they respect him’. He said Amorim is very straight and direct. Maybe there were inconsistencies in the way Ten Hag disciplined. You have to have clear lines when you approach these topics and players.”

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