Manchester United have started the new year with the kind of resilience and unity that Reuben AmorimHis nascent system must bloom for so many years.
Make no mistake, it’s been a tumultuous decade for the Red Devils, and although the aura of the trophy remains intact, so carefully woven into the fabric of the club, consistency and bigger prizes have been elusive.
Amorim has enjoyed some statement results in recent weeks, dispatching Manchester City in their backyard, earning a draw against Liverpool at Anfield and leaving the Emirates with victory in the third round of the FA Cup.
INEOS will no doubt see the potential their shrewd Portuguese has to offer. However, he must be supported and, more importantly, allowed to sign right players.
Why Ruben Amorim should have support at Manchester United
Amorim has shown through these recent and testing steps that he has the ability to galvanize a Manchester United side that has suffered from a lack of confidence and cohesion this season.
Spirit is the motto. Etihad, Anfield, Emirates. Ostensibly, they are the most difficult grounds in English football at the moment, but United have impressed in each of them in recent weeks.
Bruno Fernandes he was the talisman the outfit needed, an influential leader. You’d think the one-time Sporting Lisbon star, who left for Manchester just months before Amorim was appointed, would be central in the coming seasons.
2025 will be a big year for INEOS, for all of Old Trafford. Amorim, for sure, will be waiting for support to marry his promising vision. That’s why we should pay attention to the transfer news related to United’s interest Goncalo Inacio.
Amorim wants to raid Sporting
According to the Portuguese show A BolaAmorim is interested in raiding his former club for one of Portugal’s most prized defenders. INEOS chiefs are understood to have held talks with Inacio’s agent and are ready to make their move in preference to a loan deal with an obligation to buy for a reported fee of 60 million euros (£50m)..
Agent Miguel Pinho is also monitoring Fernandes in a link that could influence as Liverpool consider a move themselves. The left-footed defender would add depth and dynamism to Amorim’s back line.
More importantly, though, he would put his tail in, with his cool ball-play just what is needed to create a technical domino effect and fuel the resurgence at the Theater of Dreams.
Why Man Utd Should Sign Goncalo Inacio
First, the obvious reason. Inácio is a proven success in Amorim’s preferred style of play, winning two Portuguese Liga titles and two Taça da Liga cups as well.
The 23-year-old has been described as a high-level distributor by analyst Raj Chohan, who said that “build quality is excellentThis is necessary for the success of Amorim’s work.
Manchester United ranked tenth for possession in the Premier League last term with an average of 50.6%. according to FBrefwhile title-winning Sporting were Portugal’s second most dominant team on the ball for 2023/24 with a retention rate of 59.1%..
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Such metrics will move towards the top end of the chart now that Amorim is in charge, but he needs to put his own stamp on the outfit and Amorim would be key to achieving that.
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League Stats 24/25 – Goncalo Inacio vs Man Utd CBs |
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Stats (per 90) |
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Goals |
0.11 |
0.00 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
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assist |
0.22 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.06 |
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Actions creating shots |
1.99 |
0.89 |
0.35 |
1.39 |
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Passes attempted |
97.2 |
58,89 |
61.75 |
68.74 |
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Completion of pass |
90.6% |
86.2% |
91.4% |
89.6% |
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Progressive passes |
9.50 |
2.78 |
1.86 |
5.92 |
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Progressive transfers |
2.21 |
0.33 |
0.21 |
1.03 |
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Ball recovery |
5.52 |
3.00 |
2.62 |
4.41 |
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Tackling |
1.66 |
1.35 |
0.97 |
2.05 |
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Duel success |
49% |
62% |
59% |
55% |
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Statistics via FBref |
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While the Sporting centre-back lacks power and command in the duel, this can be remedied, and given that Amorim uses a central defense with three backs, he can sit well on the left side, jockeying with Lisandro Martinez for first place and maybe even working well with him.
As you can also see from the board, Inacio is by far the most expansive and technical defender at his disposal, looking to make sweeping forward moves that reach the rising players or, say, Fernandes in the centre. In fact it has been praised for its “insane” level of technical quality journalist Antonio Mango.
According to Fernandes, Amorim could find that signing Inacio this January would mean his own version of the deal that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer oversaw to sign the Portuguese playmaker in January 2020. for a fee of up to £68 million.
The Manchester Magnifico has been the architect of most of the good things that have come from the Red City side in recent years, having been instrumental in winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in the previous two campaigns.
His first half of the season was something to remember, the now 30-year-old scoring 12 goals and eight assists in 22 appearances as he enjoyed a 14 game unbeaten run in the Premier League.
It was the boost the club needed, and while Solskjaer’s work proved fleeting, there is no doubt Amorim has more than a little more regularity than the Norwegian manager, capable of bringing in a player like Inacio. go to an emphatic and lasting success.
The Red Devils have long enjoyed a forged Portuguese connection and that will hardly go away now that Amorim has shown signs of growth at the helm.
The manager’s compatriot Inacio isn’t there yet, but he’s still only 23 and has shown so much exciting potential. Imagine if United fail to show the determination required in this situation and Liverpool take the lead.
INEOS must, repeating a winter trick to bring Fernandes to Old Trafford and turn around – perhaps this time he can be retained.
2025-01-13 20:40:00
