How Old Trafford chiefs initiated and completed behind-the-scenes talks with Sporting Lisbon to seal the deal with highly-rated Portuguese manager
The new Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada sacked Erik ten Hag on Monday morning and then boarded a flight to Lisbon to tell Sporting face-to-face that United wanted their manager Ruben Amorim − and they wanted him as soon as possible.
That morning, Berrada, who began at United in an official capacity on July 13, had sat alongside his new sporting director Dan Ashworth as they dismissed Ten Hag.