Ruben Amorim has rejected suggestions he faces an impossible task at Manchester United but has identified two areas where the team must improve.
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'I'm the right man for the job', says new bossInsists team must improve fitness levelsAlso expressed concern about ball retentionFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Amorim is the sixth permanent manager to take charge of the Red Devils since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Many of his predecessors such as Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Erik ten Hag had enjoyed great success elsewhere prior to moving to Old Trafford but all of them were dismissed before completing three years in the dugout.
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"No, of course it's not [impossible]. Call me naïve but I believe I am the right guy in the right moment. I truly believe I am the right guy," Amorim told a press conference. "I really don’t know what the biggest challenge is, I will find out during these months. You have here different types of coaches, the guys that won everything like Van Gaal and Mourinho, the new ones that knew the club inside out like [Ole Gunnar] Solskjaer then one of the best outside the top five leagues in Ten hag. We have to improve as a club and acknowledged we have to win games. You have different coaches, the same results. We will try to do the INEOS way, my way."
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Ten Hag was sacked after United lost four of their nine opening Premier League games and although interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy steadied the ship in his four games in charge, the performances underlined the fact that Amorim still faces a huge task in getting the team firing again. He insisted, however, that he believes in his new squad.
"I am a little bit a dreamer and I believe in myself and I believe in the club, I think we have the same idea, the same mindset and that can help," he said. "I truly believe in the players also. I think we have room to improve and I want to try new things. You guys think it is not possible, I think it is possible."
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Despite his positive message, Amorim admitted there were two areas where the team must improve: fitness and running back to defend.
He said: "I think we have to improve the physical aspect of the team. I think we lose the ball too often, we have to be better at running back, I think that is clear to everyone and I think we have to be better on the details. We have to improve on the small things. In the small things, I think I can help a lot."