RUBEN AMORIM has emerged as the frontrunner to be Erik ten Hag's permanent successor at Manchester United. The Sporting CP boss has a strong coaching resume at the age of just 39. Taking over the role in 2020 following a short spell as Braga manager, his short career has already become summarised by breaking records.
At Braga, he became the first manager to beat Benfica - where he had played for nine years as a player - for 65 years, and then at Sporting, he won the club's first league title in 19 years. He added the Taca da Liga (Portuguese League Cup) in the same season to score a double, before following up with a repeat victory of the trophy in the season after and eventually landing a second league title last season. His exploits on the field with his 3-4-3 system championing youth progression have seen him highlighted as one of Europe's brightest tactical coaches and linked with some of the biggest jobs in world football .
READ MORE IN FOOTBALL Man Utd are the latest club to come calling after interest from Liverpool, Manchester City and West Ham , and look set to land the Portuguese tactician . Amorim's rise has inevitably drawn comparisons with one of his Old Trafford predecessors, Jose Mourinho . Special One 2.
0? However, there is likely a good reason for that. After suffering a career-ending ACL injury at the age of 32, Amorim attended a coaching course at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon with lectures led by Mourinho alongside seven-time Primeira.