🚨💣 BREAKING: Éderson to Manchester United, here we go!
Deal done with Atalanta for €45m package with add-ons included, agreement now in place.
Medical and formal steps to follow but deal in place.
Éderson will sign a four year deal plus option, as @TheAthleticFC reports.
I think Ayyoub Bouaddi is basically the perfect Ruben Amorim midfielder.
Can play any role in the midfield (#6, B2B, #10), insane physical capacity (6’2, robust, eats up ground), has the positional understanding and reading of the game to defend large spaces making him ideal for a midfield 2, technically very good and resists pressure really well.
Has some room for improvement in terms of passing range and progressive actions but this will come with time and isn’t a primary requirement of an Amorim CM. Pair him next to a high volume progressor (Wharton).
Doesn’t score a ton but has top ball striking which suggests to me he’ll become a more potent goal threat later in his career.
Europes elites tracking him for a reason. Hope we lean into our relationship with Lille and give this one a crack.
🚨 Rúben Amorim: “I want to stay at Manchester United for 20 years”.
“I truly believe in that, it’s my goal. I know that last season I used all the credit, now we move forward”, told BBC.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Manchester United reach AGREEMENT with Brentford to sign Bryan Mbeumo. Deal between clubs struck at £65m guaranteed + up to £6m add-ons.✅🔴
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Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother have both passed away due to traffic accident, reports Marca.
Deepest condolences, support, and thoughts are with those involved, his family and loved ones.
May his soul rest in peace. 🤍🕊️
If you have a spare 5 minutes then I URGE you to read this. I recently recieved the most insightful DM about Ruben Amorim from a Sporting fan that you’re EVER going to read:
“Hey Frank, I am going to message you because I now follow a few Manchester United accounts and you are one of my favorite ones.
“I know you back Amorim but I need to tell you a couple of things about him so you have a bit more insights and knowledge about the manager he really is.
“First of all, you need to understand that this man, despite being a Benfica fan all his life, is the most important person that Sporting have had (in the football department) in the past 40-50 years. We came from 3 titles in 40 years. Three! And the man set us up for 3 in 5 years.
“Second, you need to understand how that man works. He is a leader, and he uses his leadership by connecting with the players. Sporting players gave their lives on the pitch for the guy. Check his last match with us: Braga 2-4 Sporting. Our second/third most important player, Pedro Gonçalves, played injured just because he wanted to play for Amorim’s last match. He ended up being injured for the next five months.
“A lot of this important connection with the players happens in the summer. Amorim always takes the team for 2-3 weeks in the summer and he just builds a team from there. We don’t know how he does it, but when the season starts, the players just look at each other as family. The environment you feel in the locker room is something you have never seen before.
“This is another reason why he needs his time, and it’s always why that comment saying “what kind of manager needs 8-10 players to win matches?” - trust me, he does not. He needs to win the locker room. He needs a summer to implant on them the idea that they can win against anyone. And he will do exactly that.
“Lastly, understand that Amorim is much more than a coach. He is a proper boss/manager. We will restructure the whole club. It’s very important that people understand this.
“At Sporting, he made us a winning team by improving much more than the main squad - he improved the scouting, the staff, the youth teams. He created his own performance team. He simply changed this club from one point to the other.
“He went to Manchester to do exactly that. You can believe me when I say that if it was an invitation from Real Madrid, at that exact moment, he wouldn’t have leave Sporting. He wanted that exact context of Manchester United, he wanted to grab a club with massive potential and completely change it. He will do just that.
“Keep backing the guy. Don’t trust the nonsense of him needing lots of players or a lot of money… just look at his first few months at Sporting. He was the fourth (!) coach that season. We finished fourth. The next season, first match, we lost 1-4 against Lask Linz and missed the Europa League qualification.
“Then he grabbed a couple of youngsters, hired Pedro Porro + a couple of guys he had in Braga and proceeded to win our first title in 19 years. The rest is history.”
❤️ Ruud van Nistelrooy’s message to Man United fans.
To everyone at Manchester United Football Club, in particular the backroom staff, the players and the fans. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your incredible efforts and support.
It has been a privilege and honour to represent the club as a player, coach and manager, and I will always cherish the memories we have shared together.
Man United will always have a special place in my heart, and I hope there are many more glory days at Old Trafford very soon - not only because I want the club to do well, but because you all deserve it!
All the best and take care, Ruud.