Amorim expecting improved Manchester Utd performance at Arsenal
10/01/2025
Carrington Training centre, manchester, Uk
10/01/2025
Carrington Training centre, manchester, Uk
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00:00Hi Reuben, this is your first game in the FA Cup. It's a traditional competition in
00:09English football. What do you know about the FA Cup and what have you seen and been told about it?
00:16I see what everybody sees.
00:19A really old competition with a lot of history. I remember some finals, I think
00:26when we won the treble against Newcastle.
00:30We saved some players, it was really important for the club.
00:37We won some
00:39sub-cups. We want to continue. We know that at this stage we already have a
00:45really strong match, but we want to win and also we want to continue to improve the team and the performance.
00:53You said a couple of weeks ago that you would like to bring in some players if it was possible.
01:00The way that
01:01profit and sustainability rules work in this country,
01:05you get
01:07more money if the club sells
01:11players that has brought through themselves.
01:14You've got two players there,
01:16Marcus Rashford that we talk a lot about, who was brought through by the club.
01:20Kobi Mane, who has been mentioned this week, also
01:24brought through by the club.
01:27With those two players,
01:29would you be prepared to sacrifice those players in order to make the changes you want?
01:38The first thing I think is hard. I don't remember to say
01:43clearly that I want new players.
01:46What I said is that
01:48sometimes the profile for this system is different and the players
01:54come here with a different idea how to play.
01:57So I don't remember to say that so clearly that I want new players. What I said is that
02:05we need to improve recruitment.
02:09When we are targeting players, we need to make sure that they will cope with the demands.
02:15Sometimes you have to bet a little bit. What I said also is that we have to improve our academy.
02:23To bring young kids that feel the club in the right way and also with that rules
02:31we are able to do some business and to have money to invest in the team.
02:36Connecting that with the second part of the question,
02:41our idea is always to keep the best players and the players that we build for this club.
02:47But we know the position that the club is in the moment.
02:52We will see, but I'm very happy and I really like our players, especially the guys from the academy.
03:08Yeah, my players are always my favourites. So I really love my players.
03:12I want to keep my players, especially the talented ones.
03:16Like I said,
03:18it's a special moment in this club.
03:20It's a hard moment, we will see, but of course I'm really happy with Kobe, he's improving.
03:25And also with Garna.
03:30If you were to go on loan for the rest of the season, would he still have a future for you at Manchester United?
03:37We will see guys. Let's focus on the game.
03:41They are available, they are training. We will see the selection for this game.
03:46They have to focus just on playing the next game.
03:51Hi Ruben, TV2 Norway.
03:54On Sunday you play against Arsenal, who obviously have a very talented Norwegian in the squad, Martin Ødegaard.
04:01What do you make of him as a player and how much of a threat he is to Manchester United on Sunday?
04:07I think he's really special because his influence in all the games of Arsenal is impressive.
04:14I play against them with Sporting, he didn't play both games in Newfield in the team.
04:20When he's playing, Arsenal is a different team.
04:24But they can win and they can lose without Ødegaard.
04:30So I expect a strong team.
04:32If Ødegaard is in the team, they will be stronger for sure.
04:37Hi Ruben, you talked after the Liverpool game about being disappointed that you didn't go on to win the game.
04:42How difficult is that from your side of things because you rotate the squad quite a lot?
04:48To reach those demands that you expect from the players on a weekly basis?
04:55I think we rotate more in that part where we were trying to find out what kind of players do we have.
05:02Then a lot of players were returning from injuries, now we are rotating less.
05:09I feel that sometimes I have to choose fresh legs because I look at some players in the same position
05:17and I feel that they are at the same level so I try to put some fresh legs.
05:22Now we have time to train a little bit more, I expect our team to understand the game better.
05:28We try to work on set pieces because it's really important.
05:32We suffered a lot in the last game.
05:36So we'll see.
05:38I don't rotate because I want to rotate.
05:40I'm not different than the other coach.
05:42I'm trying to find out the best solutions to win every game.
05:47I have doubts which player I'm going to put.
05:50Then I put the guy who is more fresh to cope with the demands of the game.
05:57One of your predecessors here, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, said that cup competitions,
06:01while they're great to win, they can often hide or not a true reflection of where a team is at.
06:07Is that something you agree with?
06:09Is your priority then, in a sense, improving the league position and also the Europa League?
06:14Because that comes with a Champions League place rather than the FA Cup.
06:18At this moment I'm living day by day.
06:21What I'm thinking is that we had one week without any game.
06:27We had a day off.
06:29We could work the team a little bit.
06:32It doesn't make sense for me to rest players now than to play both games really near.
06:41I think we have to put the best team.
06:44We have to win.
06:45We have to follow the last performance.
06:49I'm not thinking in that way because we are not in that moment.
06:53We are in the difficult moment.
06:55We are improving.
06:56We had some training.
06:57Let's put the best team to try to win.
06:59Then we'll focus on the next game.
07:01My focus is more on our week.
07:05We had time to train, to rest.
07:07So I will choose the best team to win.
07:09Because we want also to win the Cup.
07:12Like you said, in the Cup you never know.
07:14So let's win.
07:15Sometimes it's better to win this kind of game and then you have less time to rest.
07:20But your mind is so different that you can cope with the physical aspect of the game.
07:24My focus now is different.
07:26It's day by day.
07:28We just want to win this game and then we'll think about the next one.
07:32Just on that, Ruben.
07:34You said you'll play your best team.
07:36In that case, will you start Andre Anaheim?
07:38Because obviously you started Altaï during the last Cup game.
07:41So is it going to be Anaheim this weekend and not Altaï?
07:44That is a special position.
07:46It's a very good question.
07:48He's going to play Altaï.
07:50Altaï is playing?
07:51Altaï is playing.
07:53Lots of players after the game at Liverpool spoke about a change in mentality.
07:58That it helped them perform so well at Anfield.
08:01Have you noticed that carrying on this week?
08:03I know you've had a free week on the training pitch.
08:05Has it carried on what you saw at Anfield?
08:07That kind of switch in mentality that maybe some of the players were talking about?
08:10I felt it was different because we could train.
08:15So you can push them.
08:17You can show what they need to do.
08:19It's so much easier with training.
08:21And then the environment is different because they felt the confidence in the performance.
08:25But we can say anything after a match or during a week.
08:30We have to show in the next game.
08:32So we are focused on that.
08:34But I felt that.
08:36I felt during the week they were focused on improving.
08:38And they were open to learn.
08:40And that was a good feeling this week.