The Six Managers Man Utd Wanted To Hire Before Ruben Amorim

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Ruben Amorim did not characteristic connected Manchester United’s first shortlist of targets to switch erstwhile head Erik 10 Hag, a study has claimed.

United famously held an end-of-season capacity reappraisal into Ten Hag while they said pinch a number of different candidates during nan summertime of 2024, only to yet determine aft respective weeks to widen nan Dutchman’s contract.

Just a fewer months later, however, Ten Hag was sacked and United struck a woody to prosecute Amorim who, according to The Athletic, was not among those connected nan first shortlist because of his deficiency of Premier League experience.

As United flirted pinch nan thought of sacking Ten Hag, they debated a move for a head pinch a proven grounds of occurrence successful England’s apical formation and 1 who could activity pinch nan existent scenery of nan squad.

Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Thomas Frank, Marco Silva and Graham Potter made up a six-man shortlist. Tuchel and De Zerbi emerged arsenic nan favourites, pinch nan second yet claiming that spot for his ain earlier United opted to persist pinch Ten Hag.

Amorim joined Man Utd successful November 2024. / Stephen Pond/Getty Images

Crucially, it is noted that Amorim’s sanction was mentioned regularly during nan summertime during informal conversations pinch agents and a number of figures astir nan business arsenic United sought master proposal connected uncovering football’s adjacent awesome manager.

Informal interaction was made pinch Amorim and, while nan then-Sporting CP leader impressed, United chiefs feared taking a consequence connected a head without Premier League acquisition was unwise astatine a clip successful which nan nine was undergoing important behind-the-scenes changes. Ten Hag yet remained and was rewarded pinch a caller contract, and nan thought of hiring Amorim appeared to beryllium shelved.

It was only erstwhile Ten Hag was yet sacked successful October 2024 that nine officials erstwhile again raised nan thought of hiring Amorim, and everyone was successful statement that nan Portuguese tactician should beryllium pursued.

The evident consequence of hiring a head without Premier League acquisition was clear but, fixed this was a mid-season appointment, United were happy to position nan 2nd half of nan 2024–25 run arsenic Amorim’s chance to build acquisition successful England.

Amorim has admitted his first six months astatine nan helm were filled pinch disappointment and chaos, truthful overmuch truthful that he actually considered quitting nan club successful nan aftermath of conclusion successful nan Europa League final.