Ispwich Town vs Manchester United: EPL – Amorim, kickoff, where to follow

Who: Ipswich Town vs Manchester United
What: English Premier League
Where: Portman Road, Ipswich, United Kingdom
When: 4:30pm (15:30 GMT) connected Sunday
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will person each nan build-up and afloat matter commentary of nan game

Ruben Amorim mightiness beryllium Manchester United’s sixth imperishable leader since they past hoisted nan Premier League trophy successful 2013, but nan 39-year-old says he is nan correct man to yet reconstruct nan squad to their erstwhile glory.

The Portuguese, who replaced Erik 10 Hag arsenic head this month, said astatine a crowded news convention connected Friday that he’s “a small spot of a dreamer”, 2 days before taking complaint astatine Ipswich successful his first match. “I judge successful myself. I judge successful nan club. We person nan aforesaid mindset,” he continued. “I genuinely judge successful nan players. I cognize you [media] don’t judge a lot, but I do. I want to effort caller things. You guys don’t deliberation it’s possible. I do.”

Amorim said astatine United’s Carrington Training Centre successful his first news convention since he joined nan squad arsenic their caput coach connected November 11 and aft he was forced by his erstwhile nine Sporting Lisbon to hold until nan world break to make nan switch.

The aggravated scrutiny connected 1 of nan world’s biggest clubs, who are languishing successful 13th spot successful nan Premier League, has turned nan caput coach’s position into what galore telephone “the intolerable job”.

Amorim shrugged disconnected that conception pinch a laughter contempt nan revolving doorway of managers to neglect earlier him. “Call maine naive,” he said. “I genuinely judge I’m nan correct feline for nan correct moment. I’m not worried astir that.”

Despite having had conscionable 2 training sessions pinch his caller squad because of nan caller world break, Amorim promised fans will spot a difference, but not a awesome overhaul, erstwhile United return to nan Portman Road pitch.

“Simple things I think,” Amorim said. “We suffer nan shot excessively often. We person to beryllium amended astatine moving back, and we person to beryllium very bully successful nan details. It’s nan mini things. We person to amended nan mini things. Understanding nan mini things, I think, is what I’m bully at.”

Manchester United caput coach Erik 10 Hag, right, was replaced by his adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy connected an interim ground successful October, but some Dutchmen person now departed nan nine [Rui Vieira/AP]

Amorim says he’s ‘no Mourinho’ arsenic Portugal sails to Old Trafford erstwhile more

Nine Portuguese journalists attended Friday’s event, according to nan club, galore of them greeting nan erstwhile Sporting head pinch a congratulatory handshake and a hug. Amorim said he received a bully luck connection from compatriot and erstwhile United leader Jose Mourinho that said, “‘It’s a large club, beautiful nine pinch beautiful people,’ and he’s correct. It still is.”

“[But] we are building a caller club. I americium a different guy. I dream to thatch thing different present to my players. It’s nan champion nine successful England. We want to win. That’s all.”

Amorim was asked astir nan quality betwixt his presence astatine United and Mourinho joining Chelsea successful 2004 erstwhile he became nan first Portuguese head successful nan Premier League. “With each nan Portuguese coaches, we’ve shown that we tin beryllium nan champion successful nan world,” Amorim said. “[But] I’m different from Mourinho. I retrieve that time. You looked astatine Mourinho and felt he tin triumph everywhere. It’s not nan aforesaid thing. He was European champion. I americium not.

“Football is different nowadays. I deliberation I americium nan correct personification for this moment. I americium a young guy, and I effort to usage this to thief my players. Their young guys were [Frank] Lampard and these benignant of players. Nowadays, it’s truthful overmuch different. I deliberation I’m correct for now.”

Amorim, who is known for his crowd-pleasing style and charismatic personality, led Sporting to nan Primeira Liga title successful 2021, ending a 19-year convention title drought, earlier winning a 2nd past season.

After sacking Erik 10 Hag connected October 28 pinch only 3 convention wins each season, United moved swiftly to unafraid Amorim, who is considered 1 of nan apical young managers successful Europe. Former 10 Hag adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy was appointed interim manager, and guided United to 3 wins successful his 4 games successful complaint crossed each competitions, lifting United 1 spot successful nan convention table, conscionable 4 points disconnected third.

Ipswich Town squad news

Former Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips is simply a uncertainty pinch an undisclosed rumor contempt returning from a one-game ban.

George Hirst injured his knee successful nan triumph astatine Tottenham past weekend, and nan striker is group for a spell connected nan sidelines. Jacob Greaves and Jack Taylor could, however, return from injuries.

Wes Burns and Nathan Broadhead are besides expected to beryllium disposable contempt carrying knocks of late, but Omari Hutchinson’s bruised ft intends his crippled clip will request to beryllium monitored

Manchester United squad news

Lisandro Martinez is nan awesome uncertainty for United aft nan defender withdrew from world work pinch Argentina owed to a sore back.

Leny Yoro could beryllium handed his master debut for nan club, having returned to training this period aft fracturing his metatarsal successful nan preseason.

Head-to-head

United person won 4 of nan teams’ past 5 meetings, conceding only erstwhile successful that run. Ipswich past recorded a triumph against nan Red Devils successful September 1994.

Overall, United person won 29 and Ipswich 19 of their 57 meetings, making love backmost to an FA Cup triumph for nan Red Devils’ Busby Babes successful January 1958 – small much than a week earlier nan Munich aerial calamity that claimed truthful galore players’ and journalists’ lives connected committee nan return formation from a European match.

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