Ruben Amorim tried to delay his arrival at Manchester United , but after finally agreeing to leave Sporting CP halfway through last season, he didn't waste any time getting started.

It was a cold November international break when he arrived at Carrington for the first time. The majority of his squad were away playing for their countries, but that didn't stop Amorim and his staff from giving the ones left behind a crash course in what was expected.

Top of the list was implementing a system completely different to the one employed by predecessor Erik ten Hag.

"From the moment he came into the club, he was very clear on how he wanted to play, the system he wanted to play," Jonny Evans recalls. "He laid that out.

"We were on an international break at the time when he came in. He sat

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