Ruben Amorim will take training as Manchester United head coach for the first time on Monday after his visa to officially start work in the role was approved.
United’s non-internationals will report to Carrington as Amorim and his backroom staff prepare for the 39-year-old’s first game in charge against Ipswich Town next Sunday.
Four members of the backroom team that Amorim bought with him from Sporting have also had their visas approved, with United only waiting on approval for 28-year-old first-team coach Adelio Candidio. There is not expected to be any issues with that final visa.
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Amorim will be joined on the training pitches by assistant head coach Carlos Fernandes, 29. The duo have worked together at Casa Pia and Braga, as well as first-team coach Emanuel Ferro and first-team goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital. Sports scientist Paulo Barreira has also had his visa approved.
A significant number of United’s first-team squad are away on international duty, but some key players, including Casemiro, Mason Mount, Antony, and Marcus Rashford, will still be about to work with Amorim and his staff in the early part of the week.
Lisandro Martinez withdrew from the Argentina squad and will be assessed on his return to Carrington. Leny Yoro, Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo will also be in as they continue their rehab from recent injury problems. Amorim aims to put an identity into his United team in his early weeks in charge of the first team.
“I think it’s important because a lot of people now talk about the 3-4-3 and the 4-3-3 and all that stuff,” Amorim told club media. “But when I think as a player or as a teammate of Manchester United, it is not a system of formation, it’s like the character of the players, the way they see the club.
“So we have to focus on that before the everything of how we play, how we press. The most important thing for me at this moment is to create the principles, the identity and the character that we had in the past. We know that we need time, but we have to win time. To win time is to win games. But the most important thing for me is identity.
“So since day one we will start with our identity. Of course we are going to prepare the games, but we will focus a lot on our game model. How to play, how to press, these small things, small details. You cannot go 100 per cent on every detail because it will be confusing for the players. So if I have to say one thing, my main goal, my first goal, is identity.”
