Ruben Amorim has been warned he has a huge task to revive Manchester United, and a concerned Roy Keane names three urgent issues that need to be addressed, while Jamie Redknapp has also given a withering assessment of where his team stands.

The Red Devils have turned to Amorim as a replacement for the fired Erik ten Hag, and the outgoing Sporting Lisbon coach will take his place on the bench starting next Monday, November 11. manchester united In 13th place and with just three wins in 10 Premier League games, the respected 39-year-old manager hopes the only way is up at Old Trafford.

However, Keane has sent Amorim a sensible message about where United are as a club and says he must find a way for the players he will inherit to work harder, not give in when things go against them and score more goals. if it is to have any chance of success.

“There are some players in the United team in important positions who can’t run, which is a big problem,” Keane said in sky sports. “But you also have players on the team who don’t want to run and when they do they don’t do it hard enough, fast enough, for long enough, so you have to carry that mentality into the locker room. The players who don’t do it must be tried to get ahead.

“This team doesn’t run, that’s a big problem. “They have really talented players, but if you’re not going to run you’re not going to get anywhere quickly.”

He added: “This group of players don’t dig in when the going gets tough, they go down, they go down too easily.”

United have also scored nine goals in 10 Premier League games so far and Keane knows that is a major problem too.

“The lack of goals is a big problem for Manchester United,” Keane added. “Every time I read the league table, after nine or ten games, minus three goals for Man Utd, it’s hard to read.”

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United are currently minus three goals, while last season also ended with a negative result in the for and against column, having scored 57 but conceded 58.

After watching them play out a 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Old Trafford, another Sky Sports pundit, Jamie Redknapp, criticized the quality of the performance and said the two teams are comparing themselves on a much lower standard than they actually are.

“Until the goal it was a tough watch. Sometimes it was like a pub game. From United’s point of view, I’ve seen them play worse this season,” said former Liverpool star Redknapp.

“When I see United, they play spontaneously. Organization will help, but when I played against the best teams they had that chaos. “They have always had that chaos, but I don’t know if they have good habits.”

Despite that, interim coach Ruud van Nistelrooy was disappointed that his team did not take home the three points after Moisés Caicedo equalized shortly after Bruno Fernandes’ first penalty.

“I’m disappointed we didn’t win, we had the best chances in the game but overall the performance was fantastic. “They left everything on the field,” he said. sky sports.

“It was a great moment, the goal when Old Trafford explodes. Bruno Fernandes did well to take it and the emotion came out. This week has been special, I have enjoyed every second. I am here to help and I will support the new manager and make sure the club grows.

“We are behind the new coach, everyone at the new club is concentrating on the two games ahead, which are very important, but then we will work hard to make this club better every day.”

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One man who could certainly help United’s lack of firepower in attack is Sporting star Viktor Gyokeres, as the Swede has already scored more goals this season than the United team combined.

With 20 goals and four assists in 16 games so far, the Swede is in high demand. although he has made clear his desire to remain at least for the moment in the Portuguese capital.

“Go with Amorim to Manchester United? “I don’t know,” Gyokeres responded when asked about the possibility of joining Amorim following his four-goal performance against Estrela on Friday night.

“I’m here. As you can see, I enjoy it at Sporting.

“It’s nothing I really think about. I’m sad because he (Amorim) is gone. We wish him all the best.”

Meanwhile, reports in Spain claim United have “opened talks” over a deal to make Jamal Musiala the first explosive signing of the Amorim era at Old Trafford.

The Bayern Munich star ends his contract in the summer of 2026 and talks about an extension have not yet yielded a positive result. As a result, United are eager to seize the opportunity to bring the playmaker back to English football, although any deal is likely to break the club record.

Elsewhere it is also reported that Amorim is ready to give the green light to the return of Benfica full-back Álvaro Carreras.

The Red Devils are still fighting for left-back options but can solve the problem by removing the buy-back clause in the Spaniard’s deal, something Amorim is reportedly interested in doing.

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