RUBEN AMORIM has been hailed by fans for his incredible gesture during a stadium tour.
The new Manchester United manager is getting started in his role after replacing Erik ten Hag.
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Amorim, 39, is now in the country having finished off his duties with Sporting Lisbon.
The Portuguese coach spent time getting to know his way around Old Trafford.
And in an incredible gesture, he popped in to see the public tour of the historic stadium.
The club shared a video in which Amorim joined the crowd in the dressing room and made sure to give each fan a handshake.
He said a couple of words to the fans in which he joked one would be playing and one would be on the bench.
The moment has been compared to Klopp’s politeness to fans during his tenure at Liverpool.
Fans have hailed Amorim on social media and are backing to surpass the German’s achievements.
One posted: “Already more handshakes and hugs than Klopp during his first week in club. We are so clear!”
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A second commented: “Could be their Klopp if they get their s**t together to be honest.”
A third wrote: “What a guy.”
Three Sporting stars Amorim could swoop for after joining Man Utd
RUBEN AMORIM has ruled out poaching any of his Sporting Lisbon players in the January transfer window.
But the Portuguese side’s chiefs expect Amorim will come calling in the summer – with his cheque book wide open.
Here’s are three Sporting starts United could swoop for… but they won’t come cheap:
VIKTOR GYOKERES
Age: 26
Position: Striker
Cost: £84million
Swede has shone since joining Sporting last summer from Coventry — catching the eye of all Europe’s top clubs.
Hit 43 goals in 50 games last season and boasts 18 strikes already this term.
GONCALO INACIO
Age: 23
Position: Defender
Cost: £50million
Ball-playing centre-back was handed his debut by Amorim and has since become a key figure in Sporting’s recent title successes.
Can also slot in at left-back if required and has 12 caps for Portugal.
MORTEN HJULMAND
Age: 25
Position: Midfield
Cost: £40million
Dane is one of the top holding midfielders in Portugal — and made skipper by Amorim.
He could be the man to replace Casemiro.
A fourth said: “May he take the club to new heights.”
Another added: “An Old Trafford tour just got even more exciting—never know who you’ll meet!”
Amorim started his role with the Red Devils on Monday with the international break to prepare his side.
However, he has already been dealt a blow as Lisandro Martinez suffered a hip injury against Leicester City.
The defender’s injury is said to be “significant” and he has been added to the club’s treatment room.
Amorim will also be without Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw.
But he has been boosted by the return of Leny Yoro to training this week as he nears full recovery from a metatarsal injury.
Ruben Amorim leaves Sporting on a high
By Charlie Wyett
RUBEN AMORIM would have preferred to leave Lisbon in a blaze of glory after winning a third Primeira Liga title.
Yet football does not work like that. And in what was surely his final game before taking charge of Manchester United, Amorim prepared to say his goodbyes at a half-empty Estadio Jose Alvalade in a League Cup quarter-final against Nacional.
Sporting won 3-1 thanks to second-half goals by captain Morten Hjulmand and Viktor Gyokeres, who scored two.
Luis Esteves pulled back for Madeira-based Nacional.
The stadium will be a good deal more lively on Tuesday when Manchester City are here for a Champions League match — although Amorim should by then have his feet firmly under his desk at Old Trafford.
Liverpool and Aston Villa were both interested in Europe’s most sought-after coach. Even City could have been a possible destination post-Pep Guardiola.
Yet the United job is one Amorim, 39, could not turn down — even if not everyone saw it that way at Sporting last night.
There is clearly a huge split in the Portuguese club’s fan base over their coach leaving at this stage of the season with many believing he should have seen the job through.
Yet Amorim, along with the three-man coaching team who are expected to follow him, leaves a club in a much better state than when he arrived here in 2020.
Inside the stadium, there was applause — albeit muted — when his name was read out before the game along with the line-ups.
And there did not appear to be any jeers when Amorim shuffled out from the tunnel awkwardly towards the dugout.
So, while his departure is hard to take for some, none of the fans will forget his legacy.
This is a club which is back as the dominant force in Portugal. Even this term, Sporting have won their first nine league games, scoring 30 goals and conceding just two.
They are also eighth in the Champions League table, which is one hell of an effort.
In contrast, Lisbon was not exactly hit by League Cup fever last night.
Amorim made lots of changes, which saw Sporting’s star man Gyokeres, the former Coventry striker, start on the bench.
There was, however, a first appearance in six weeks for former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards.
He is certainly one player who has been transformed by Amorim since arriving at the club from Vitoria in 2022 and will be sorry to see the coach leave.
While he changed his team, Amorim stuck with his tried and trusted formation of a back three.
It will certainly be something Manchester United’s fans will have to get used to over the coming months.
But looking at the Premier League table, none of them will be complaining about the change.
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