Jamie Carragher tells Ruben Amorim he has 'relatively easy' job at Man Utd

Ruben Amorim should find it pretty straightforward to make a positive impact at , according to .

is on a contract until June 2027 after agreeing to a deal worth £6million per season. The 39-year-old Sporting Lisbon boss will join after the November international break, leaving to continue as interim manager in the short-term.

United will pay Sporting £8.3m to get their first choice to replace , who was in the wake of . Amorim is set to bring his entire coaching staff with him from Sporting and will aim to hit the ground running in his first match, .

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Former defender Carragher is backing Amorim to enjoy the classic ‘new manager bounce’ by picking up wins over the festive period. But he has pointed out that Louis van Gaal, , and Ten Hag all did the same, and won trophies, before bigger issues presented themselves.

“When he eventually arrives at Old Trafford, Ruben Amorim has a basic, instant remit; make Manchester United compete for honours again. That should not be especially daunting,” Carragher wrote for .

Carragher then noted that Van Gaal won the , Mourinho lifted the Carabao Cup and the , Solskjaer finished runner-up in Europa League and and that Ten Hag won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup. He believes that Amorim has to turn United into genuine Premier League contenders to buck the trend and be considered a success.

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“With respect to all of them, leading United back to that level is not the greatest challenge in football for a competent coach,” Carragher wrote. “The resources are available, the home stadium ought to be one of the most difficult in the to visit, and no matter how much the club are struggling, United will always be an attractive destination to top players for status, sporting and financial reasons.

“Van Gaal, Mourinho, Solskjaer and Ten Hag excelled making the relatively easy first step of being much better than what immediately preceded them. It was the next step – the arduous challenge of creating a team capable of winning the Premier League – which was beyond them.”

Amorim has won two league titles and two cups with Sporting and boasts a 70 per cent win ratio with the Portuguese giants. He has previously attracted interest from Liverpool, and , and held talks with over the summer before they appointed Julen Lopetegui.

He is excited about testing himself in the Premier League. He said: “I think that in everyone’s life there are times when we’re doing really well, but then we want something more, maybe to prove something more.”

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