Ruben Amorim has insisted the decision not to work with Ruud van Nistelrooy on his backroom staff at Manchester United was the right one.
Van Nistelrooy arrived as Erik ten Hag’s assistant in the summer and stepped in as caretaker manager following the Dutchman’s sacking in late October, สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น winning three and drawing one of his four games in charge. Amorim
decided not to work with the former United striker when he was appointed head coach in November, bringing in a coaching staff from Sporting Lisbon, but the 39-year-old has since lost eight of his 19 games in charge. Van
Nistelrooy is set to return to Old Trafford to take charge of Leicester City, with United facing their Premier League opponents in the fourth round of the FA Cup,
but Amorim has no regrets about the decision, believing Van Nistelrooy has been appointed as his replacement as his assistant. Or is it not right to put the 48-year-old in a porter role in my backroom staff?
“It’s not a difficult situation because it’s very clear to me, I just have to explain it,” he said.
“He’s someone who loves football and he understands the situation. I have my own team and my backroom staff. I prefer to work with the team that brought me here. “
And I could keep Ruud because it’s what’s good for me and what everyone does, but I will not put Ruud above my colleagues, no matter what. “
But if I have to put someone like Ruud at the bottom of the hierarchy in my backroom staff, then I don’t think it’s fair on Ruud either. “
Out of respect for Ruud, I was really clear with him. I explained that I have my own team and I will remain the same, and I will not put someone like Ruud, who is a legend of this club, at the bottom of my backroom staff. “
So the decision was clear, very easy to explain and he handled it with the class that he is.”
Asked about the fact that both Van Nistelrooy and Ten Hag have better statistics than him at United this season, Amorim said:
“They have a better chance than me in training with this team. It’s a very tough one. Because I am a very proud person myself, but I accept it normally.
“It’s not awkward, he (Van Nistelrooy) knows the team and works with the team, but I have to make some really difficult decisions. Sometimes it can create problems, create conflicts in the team. “
I try to help the players see the game the way I see it, to improve their performance and results. “