Ruben Amorim’s spell at Manchester United came to an end earlier this week.
The Red Devils immediately appointed Darren Flecther as caretaker at Old Trafford. They are searching for a candidate and Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Michael Carrick are in the running.
Three days ago, VG reported Solskjær should sign the contract with Manchester United on Friday, but that didn’t happen.
This weekend’s edition of Correio da Manhã covers options that the Portuguese coach could have after leaving Manchester United.
According to them, Amorim’s record with the Red Devils has no significance in his country. What’s attractive to the Portuguese fans is his current status of not being without a club, at a time when Sporting and Benfica haven’t impressed this season.
Porto are leading the table with 49 points, seven and 10 points ahead of Sporting and Benfica respectively.
Rui Borges is currently in charge at Sporting, which is Amorim’s former club. Benfica appointed José Mourinho in September and have won 14 of their 23 matches under his orders.
Taking the current situations at Sporting and Benfica and Amorim’s status as a free agent, Correio da Manhã are pushing the manager towards these two clubs.
Ruben Amorim is haunting Liga Portugal managers after Manchester United exit
Ruben Amorim is haunting Liga Portugal managers after Manchester United exit
Amorim helped Sporting win two titles and left them for Manchester United in November 2024.
A section of their supporters are still angry with him, but Correio da Manhã insist ‘one more stumble on the road to the announced ‘three-peat’ will be enough to bury those old grudges.’
To sum it up, they say ‘The ghost of Amorim’ is haunting Borges and Mourinho.
This isn’t the first time Amorim has been pushed forward for these jobs this week. Indeed, Jose Mourinho was even asked about it earlier this week.