Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen believes the Crimson Devils are “copying precisely what they did with Erik ten Hag” by appointing Ruben Amorim.
Amorim changed Ten Hag within the United dugout in November however has didn’t revert United’s slide into mediocrity; if something they’ve received worse beneath the Portuguese supervisor’s stewardship.
Like Ten Hag when the Dutchman moved from Ajax, Amorim arrived at Previous Trafford as one in every of Europe’s most extremely rated coaches having reinvigorated a sleeping large in Sporting.
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Ten Hag retained his job in the summertime regardless of main United of their worst-ever Premier League and Champions League campaigns in 2023/2024, with the FA Cup closing win over Manchester Metropolis doing simply sufficient to cease new co-owner and head of soccer operates Sir Jim Ratcliffe from making a change.
However Ten Hag didn’t final lengthy this season and Amorim has been left to select up the items, together with his change of fashion and formation proving tough with little time for coaching within the relentless fixture schedule.
Meulensteen – who labored as Sir Alex Ferguson’s assistant from 2008 to 2013 – is a fan of Amorim’s fashion, however is anxious his former membership are making the identical mistake they made in appointing Ten Hag.
“It’s extra to do with the appointment course of than something about his administration fashion or teaching,” Meulensteen stated.
“You have a look at when United went for Ten Hag. He was the supervisor at Ajax in a smaller league in Europe and did rather well profitable the league and did nicely within the Champions League.
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“It’s precisely the identical sample with Amorim in Portugal. Sporting, a smaller league, does nicely, wins the league, and does rather well within the Champions League.
“He’s received a very nice soccer fashion about him; that’s the place the similarities are. I believe they’re two completely different characters with two completely different personalities.
“The best way that Ten Hag communicated in comparison with the way in which that Amorim communicates, the way in which that Amorim likes to play his group in a 3-4-3 is completely different from Ten Hag.
“However that was the priority for me with United really copying precisely what they did by appointing Ten Hag. They do precisely what they did with Amorim.
“As a result of Ten Hag had no expertise within the Premier League, Amorim has no expertise within the Premier League. When Ten Hag got here in, all people was eager due to the way in which that Ajax performed.
“Man United by no means performed anyplace close to the identical engaging fashion beneath Ten Hag with Ajax. Now, Amorim is available in, and he says very clearly, ‘That is the way in which I’m going to play’.
“However he’s received a very completely different set of gamers, a very completely different league, you already know what I imply? So it is extremely onerous for him to recreate that as a result of it’s very completely different.”