“Verbal” agreement reached with Ruben Amorim, start date, exit fee and new salary announced

Sporting boss Ruben Amorim has verbally agreed to become Manchester United’s next manager, with various reports shedding light on whether he will be appointed in time for the Chelsea match, how much Manchester United must pay and how much he will earn.

Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag on Monday morning amid the club’s dissatisfaction with results in both the Premier League and Europa League. Daily Mail also stated that the third reason he swung the ax was that there were too few signs of improvement.

The Red Devils quickly made Sporting coach Ruben Amorim their number one target. Talks between the clubs have already begun and the 39-year-old is open to becoming Ten Haeg’s successor at Old Trafford.

And according to the reporter Ben JacobsAmorim “orally agreed to become Manchester United manager.” Jacobs added in a post on X: “Sources in Portugal say Amorim has already said yes to Manchester United.”

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano repeated this claim without directly stating the existence of an agreement. Also heading towards X, Romano wrote: “Ruben Amorim has given the green light to Manchester United. He really wants to join the club, accept the project and the terms being discussed.”

German sky Florian Plettenberg added his opinion, saying: “Understand that the most important details of the contract between Ruben Amorim and Manchester United have already been agreed. Only a few details remain. Therefore, a full agreement is not an obstacle.”

Amorim’s contract with Sporting contains a three-tier clause: Portuguese clubs must pay €30 million, most European clubs must pay €20 million and the seven biggest teams must pay a minimum fee of €10 million.

Portuguese outlet Bola claim Manchester United fall into the third category, meaning they would only need to pay €10 million to get Amorim out of his Lisbon deal. The other six clubs in this category are Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City and Juventus.

talkSPORT claimed the rights Amorim could triple his salary if he completes the transition. He currently earns around £2.15 million a year in Lisbon.

Elsewhere Guardian Jamie Jackson said it was currently “unlikely” Amorim would be available for Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Chelsea on Sunday.

United face Leicester in the EFL Cup on Wednesday before attention turns to Chelsea. Per Jackson, caretaker manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is likely to remain in charge of both of these matches.

Manchester United legends react to Ten Hag’s sacking

Rio Ferdinand has pointed the finger at Liverpool as he explains why Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag, although Gary Neville believes Tottenham were the catalyst.

Talking about your YouTube channel Immediately following the announcement, Ferdinand believes the 3-0 thrashing of Liverpool on home soil in Gameweek Three has all but ended Ten Hag’s contract.

According to Ferdinand, Manchester United and Ten Hag “never recovered” from the beating.

“Am I surprised? No, said Ferdinand. “They kept this man in charge, the season started, I really thought we started to see some new signs in the first two or three games and then we lost to Liverpool and never recovered.”

“It was like a boxer getting hit and knocked down in the third round but never recovering and getting knocked out, knocked out in every round leading up to the 12th round.

“And finally, here we are. The trainer fight was called off in the last round and I think we’ll go in a new direction now.”

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Gary Neville also expressed his opinion on this sensational news during a conversation with Sky Sports News.

Instead, the former right-back pointed to Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Tottenham on September 29 as the point at which Ten Hag’s fate was sealed.

According to the expert, Manchester United may have decided to move on from Ten Hag after that defeat and were simply waiting for the next “bad result” before pulling the trigger.

“I thought it would happen,” Neville admitted. “Watching Tottenham play a few weeks ago, I felt like I had seen this before. It was a bad day for Manchester United and a bad day for Erik ten Hag.

“The form was worse then, yesterday the missed chances were unacceptable, they should have doubled the lead by half-time.

“Overall, problems with results and performances led to the owners deciding to sack Erik ten Hag. I don’t think anyone will be truly shocked this morning.”

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Neville added: “I suspect the Tottenham game was probably the catalyst for them starting to think about a new manager.

“You look at who is available and then you try to think about timing. You half hope that the coach can turn the situation around, but 99 times out of 100 the situation goes against you and continues to go against you.

“They probably picked a moment that was decided weeks ago – that if there was another big defeat or bad result we would probably have to act. It happened yesterday (against West Ham)

“They would definitely start the process of finding a successor to Erik ten Hag because that Tottenham game a few weeks ago really seemed like the end.”

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