Paul Merson believes the Manchester United team “has nothing” that Ruben Amorim would like, but the manager has the tools in his arsenal to turn things around like he did at Sporting CP.

Amorim will have a tough job when he walks through the door at Old Trafford on November 11. United are currently 14th in the Premier League, which contributed to the sacking of Erik ten Hag.

And Merson has told the Sporting CP coach that what he is learning is not what he would like from the beginning.

“There is a lot of work to do here. “A lot of managers come to clubs and you say, ‘tick the box, he’s got everything.'” Merson said in sky sports.

“He hasn’t. He has nothing. They play with a high line, they don’t really have rhythm at Man United, the pitch is big.

“I would want something very different to what Man United is now; It’s like chalk and cheese. “It will take time (but) I think he will do well.”

Merson feels Amorim has already proven his abilities as a manager by reversing the norm in Portuguese football, so he has the tools in his arsenal to get United back on track.

“He has not been lucky in doing what he did to break the Porto-Benfica situation. He went and destroyed those two teams with the way he played. So to me, he will do well, but it will take time, it will take time,” Merson added.

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In fact, Amorim’s Sporting have the best winning percentage of any team in one of Europe’s top 10 leagues since he took over, and after finishing third the season before he arrived, and fourth in his first season, That shows that things have changed. to improve.

What’s more, in the years between 2015/16 and Amorim’s appointment at Sporting, both Benfica (396) and Porto (381) earned at least 30 more points than Sporting (347).

But in the years since he was at the club, those numbers have changed: Amorim’s team won the most points (382), with Porto (375) and Benfica (355) falling behind them.

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