IF Manchester United players cross Ruben Amorim, they risk the same fate as Gaius Makouta. Who’s Gaius Makouta? Exactly..
. 5 Ex-Braga comms chief Goncalo Ferreira says Ruben Amorim can be brutal 5 Amorim dropped Gaius Makouta after the midfielder complained about training with the B team To be fair to the Congolese midfielder, he has gone on to have a decent enough career with Boavista and now Alanyaspor in Turkey. But only after Amorim gave him a short, sharp shock.
Makouta paid the penalty for rubbing Amorim up the wrong way when the new Manchester United boss started work as manager of Braga’s B team in September 2019. Goncalo Ferreira was the communications chief at Braga who witnessed Amorim’s incredible rise. READ MORE ON MAN UTD That's Amor-in Three winners and three losers as Amorim immediately makes mark on Man Utd But when Ferreira turned up to watch the new B team boss’ first game, he expressed concern to club president Antonio Salvador.
Ferreira said: “Makouta was one of the best players, but when I arrived at the stadium and saw the team warming up, Makouta wasn’t on the pitch. “I said, ‘What happened?’, and the president said, ‘Let’s see’. Braga won 5-0.
“It turned out in the first training sessions, Makouta wasn’t satisfied as he wanted to be in the first team. Most read in Football CASH CRISIS SPFL club beg fans to help pay players' wages - and NO money will go to owners GOING DUTCH Ex-Rangers star Ryan Kent tipped for stunning move.
