‘From what I know’; Ruben Amorim doesn’t want to do what Alex Ferguson did at Man Utd – journalist
Ruben Amorim is the new Manchester United manager. United will be hoping that Amorim can return the club to their former glories after going 11...
Ruben Amorim is the new Manchester United manager.
United will be hoping that Amorim can return the club to their former glories after going 11 years without winning a league title since the departure of Alex Ferguson.
United will be hoping that Amorim can replicate Ferguson in a number of ways, but there is one way in which Amorim wants his career to be different to Ferguson’s.
Indeed, while Alex Ferguson was managing at the top level up until the grand age of 71, Amorim wants his coaching days to be over before the age of 60.
Ruben Amorim’s retirement plan revealed
Speaking on The Transfers Podcast, Sergio Krithinas has been discussing Amorim’s career plans.
The journalist says that Amorim thought this was his only chance to land a top job, claiming that he wants his career to be over within the next decade and a half.
“Amorim, I think, he felt that this was the only chance he had to grab this opportunity of taking the Man United job,” Krithinas said.
“From what I know, Amorim doesn’t want to extend too much his coaching career. He doesn’t want it to be until his 60s. I think he wants to do it for another 10, 15 years, maybe not more than that. And probably felt that he had one opportunity to do it.”
How old is Ruben Amorim?
It’s interesting to hear Krithinas talk about Amorim’s retirement plans at this point, because the incoming Manchester United manager is very young by managerial standards.
Indeed, at the age of just 39, Amorim is one of the youngest gaffers in the Premier League.
Premier League’s youngest managers Club Age Fabian Hurzeler Brighton 31 Russell Martin Southampton 38 Kieran McKenna Ipswich Town 38 Ruben Amorim Manchester United 39 Gary O’Neil Wolves 41
Amorim still has a long time left in management, but he won’t be one of these gaffers who is still in the dugout into his 60s and 70s.
This is a growing trend in management these days. In fact, the oldest manager currently in the Premier League is Ange Postecoglou at the age of just 59.
Jurgen Klopp also stated that he planned to retire before he is 60, so perhaps the days of elite managers coaching into their 60s and 70s is over.
Amorim has plenty of time to leave behind a huge managerial legacy, but he won’t have a generation-spanning career in the same way Ferguson did at United.
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