Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes backs 39-year-old manager for top job

Bruno Fernandes feels Sporting manager Ruben Amorim is showing himself to be capable of making the step up to a top job after an impressive stint in Portugal.

The 39-year-old has been in charge of Sporting since 2020 and the job he is doing has attracted a lot of attention after two Primeira Liga titles under his control.

Amorim was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool to replace Jurgen Klopp but remained at Sporting for now, although rumours of a switch to a bigger European league continue to swirl.

Sporting are again top of the Primeira Liga, with eight wins from eight games, and Fernandes likes what he sees at the club from which he joined Manchester United.

‘Since Mr Amorim arrived at Sporting, it has been one of the teams to practice better football,’ the 30-year-old told CNN Portugal.

‘They have been consistent, the signings have been right and they are in a very good moment. It’s a very well-prepared team.

‘In relation to Amorim, it shows at this moment he is prepared. Coaching Sporting and winning championships is not easy, Sporting went 20 years without winning championships and Amorim arrived and has already won two. This shows that the work has been done well.

‘If he could manage to do the same in England, Spain or anywhere else, you will never know until you get there, but I am sure his qualities are there for everyone to see.’

The praise comes while Amorim is considered to be a contender to be the next Manchester United manager.

Erik ten Hag remains in charge at Old Trafford but after an abysmal start to the season it seems as though he could lose his job at any time.

The likes of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thomas Tuchel are thought to be stronger contenders than Amorim, but he would certainly be in the running if the United hierarchy do choose to make a change.

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