Sky Sports News’ Senior journalist Melissa Reddy sits with Manchester United chief Ruben Amorim ahead of Sunday Manchester Derby at Old Trafford, Live On HeavenlyAs the Portuguese says, this summer’s transfer window will be “essential”.
Ruben, there were so very positive against Nottingham Forest, but Man Utd conspired against himself with two bad habits, which are first accepting and then really poor in the last third. How do you continue to try to fix those problems?
“Admitting first, if you look at our season, we improve in that department because we are more concentrated. But whenever we break a little – and you can see the goal against Nottingham, it was a detachment. There is a corner, we have players for the second ball and then you suffer a goal and then changes the game. This is something we work in every day.
“Whether it’s a transitional exercise, they need to focus. So we try it. And then in insult, we try to put the players in that position a long time during training. But we need time for it too. We sometimes need a little luck because when I’m not shooting, I don’t need the goalkeeper, I don’t need a player, I’m just that I do not. football, I’m in love for me to be a football, I’m looking to be a football.
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Is the issues more psychological in the last third, where players are probably being abducted or just not leaking, so they are not as quiet as they should be in terms of their decision -making?
“I think they have to spend more time in that position because we don’t have many games like Nottingham, as just offensive. We have to spend more time there. And also at that moment, if you look at Rasmus (Hoylund) and Josh (Zirczee is difficult to explain because we have situations, everyone knows where Garna wants the ball, but she is just missing.”
How do you change the mentality of your players from Nottingham Forest to Manchester City on Sunday, before what is the comprehensive Europa League match against Lyon on Thursday?
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“Basically they are all in training. You explain, and then you put a workout, as really clear how to do it. And they are professional players, they are smart and they understand it against nottingham you can crush in a certain way, but they will try to make a transition.
“We know that Manchester City will work the ball, push us into a lower block. But then we need to understand that when they push us, we will have a different space to attack if you compare it with Nottingham games. So we try to use the training to fit another reality.”
You have spoken several times now where you have said that you have noticed many improvements in the team, adapting to what you want to see from them. Can you tell us what you especially found encouraging?
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“I can see it. You’re talking about fluidity. We’re more fluent, you can see more of this. You can see we can save the ball. We create more chances. You can see players understand the position quite well. You can see the wings more attackers, with more courage, in the third.
I know you want to focus on games, but we have a great summer coming for Manchester United. From your point of view, how important is it getting the right things this summer? Especially in terms of recruitment?
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“I think it’s important. I think we’re trying to do everything as soon as possible. If you look at the team schedule, we won’t have the World Club Cup, so it means we will have a pre-season season.
“If you look at the coming years, we will have a World Cup, then a European Championship. So this window will be massive to work at our base.
“I think it is clear to everyone here that will be essential and we should benefit from this. We will not have another pre-season season. It will not be such. So we have to do everything quickly as possible to prepare to have everyone for the pre-season to start after a season like this.
“We have to show something. This is not a debate. So I don’t want that conversation for us we need a lot of time. We need time, maybe to win the league, but we have to improve a lot after this season.”
In terms of recruitment and features you want to see from players, what are you looking for in the market?
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Clinton Morrison disagreed with amorim decision to place Rasmus Hoylund on the bench against Nottingham Forest
“I will not talk about it now because I have my players and I know my players are listening. I just want to improve my players because many qualities are there, and I have to help them be better. But, of course, I have a way to play that is different from the former coach, so I have to choose some features we don’t have in the team.”
In England, there is such a great focus on transfers, while many coaches and managers express the need to see improvement in the field of training – that should often be even more important than recruitment?
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“I think it’s all that is connected. You have to be really good in every department, especially in this league. You have to be really good in the fields. We need to improve our players, but also, especially in the moments our club has, recruiting can change the way we move forward and can be essential.
“So when I say about recruitment, it’s not just big names and spend a lot of money. Sometimes it’s the player who is 17 years old, that is, in another high club and has finished his contract and we can use the Manchester United brand to bring that child. Recruit, but it’s really important to us.
Ayden Heaven is a great example of this because you seize the opportunity, you insert it and now he is showing the qualities he has …
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“Yes. And we have to give Jason (Wilcox – Man UTD Technical Director). Jason did a great job. He is paying attention to those details. Ayden is a child who arrives here, worked really well and then with some injuries, he had the opportunity and shows a lot of qualities. remaining.
You have talked about being in a hurry to success here. You are not shiring the challenge, if anything, you are pressuring yourself …
“Yes, I think it’s my job and that I also know myself quite well. I can’t spend a lot of time in half the way. I know myself, I won’t handle this kind of life. So I’m everything for it and I really think in the future we can win the Premier League. I don’t know when it will take time, you will not see time. I.
