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Ruben Amorim and Bruno Fernandes
Bruno Fernandes hopes that new manager Ruben Amorim can “change the energy” at struggling Manchester United after the Portuguese coach arrived at the Premier League club.
Amorim arrived at the Carrington training complex on Monday for meetings but cannot begin coaching until his work visa is confirmed.
The 39-year-old, who replaced the sacked Erik ten Hag, guided Sporting Lisbon to two titles in four seasons and left them with 11 wins in 11 league matches this season.
“Sometimes, a person can change the energy of a space, if it’s the right moment,” Fernandes, who left Sporting for United just before Amorim took over, told MUTV.
“We hope that he can come and this is the right moment for him to bring his energy, his qualities, and his knowledge of football, because he’s done something really, really special at Sporting.
“If someone doubts that, they only need to look at the past. Sporting was about to go 20 years without winning the league, and he brought them back to win it twice in four years with a really youthful team, in a period of change.”
Captain Fernandes said managing United, who have not won the Premier League since 2013, would be a different challenge from the Sporting job.
“Obviously, you can’t bring or transform what he did at Sporting into here because you have different players, different ways of playing, and everything else,” he said.
“I’m pretty sure that the football philosophy he has, regardless of how he wants to play, is going to be a good one, and it will bring us success.”
Amorim is United’s sixth permanent managerial appointment since the end of Alex Ferguson’s trophy-filled 27-year reign in 2013.
United are 13th in the Premier League table after a poor start to the season but are only four points off the top four.
Amorim’s first match in charge will be away at struggling Ipswich on November 24, following the current international break.
