Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim on building team spirit and confidence amongst his players and the futures of Marcus Rashford and Casemiro ahead of their clash with Fulham
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
Old Trafford, Manchester, UK
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00:00You obviously have a very strong team spirit to come back to Shell and win the games.
00:06Is that sort of an element that gives you the belief that you can do what you need to do really?
00:12Because without that, without that sort of commitment, you're not going to be able to come back.
00:15It also depends on the leader, on the coach.
00:19I'm a lot like that.
00:21And I think we need that to get that feeling of belonging.
00:27For that, we also need time to train, to stay together.
00:31And that is really important.
00:33We don't have that, I don't know the name here, internship, like sleeping before the matches.
00:42Sometimes that detail is really important.
00:45Pre-season, creating, spending three weeks together, creating something.
00:50And then you want to create something new for the players.
00:54I want them to know me in a different way, not always preparing the matches with stress.
01:01We don't have the time to do that.
01:04So I think it's really important.
01:06I think it's the secret of teams.
01:09Even when you have the best players, if you don't have that feeling, it's really hard to win.
01:14So I want to build something like that here.
01:18But we need time for that.
01:20Rich.
01:22Kassabira has been at WCET for 10 plus 13 matches.
01:26Why has he lost?
01:29It has to be the characteristics.
01:31And then I have to choose the player with characteristics that I see in the game.
01:40So it's just that.
01:42So I have to make some choices.
01:45I want to play a style of game that is sometimes different from other coaches.
01:51And I have to choose based on that.
01:55That's all.
01:58Any more for Fulham?
01:59No.
02:00Sampdoria.
02:06I don't know.
02:07Lenny has a pain.
02:09Also Mata.
02:11I think Mata was a bruise, a touch.
02:14Lenny was a little bit tired.
02:16He's playing more in this moment.
02:19So we have to be really careful.
02:21We'll see.
02:22I don't know.
02:28He's going to be fit to train with the team.
02:31And we have to start with small minutes.
02:34We don't have a lot of time to train.
02:36We have to put some exercises in 10 minutes.
02:39Then he has to make extra work to improve his fitness.
02:44So I don't know.
02:46It's two weeks to start training and to start thinking about putting him in the few minutes.
03:00I think he's a top player.
03:04People talk a lot about his frustration.
03:08Always with his arms in the air.
03:11Sometimes it's not a good thing to see.
03:14But you have to see the other side.
03:16When you are under pressure, always the guy that wants the ball is always available.
03:22And that is so important.
03:23Especially in the Premier League.
03:24And then he can run.
03:26And he runs a lot.
03:27He fights a lot.
03:28So you have two sides.
03:30And I have to help him to manage both situations.
03:33But we are lucky to have a player like Bruno Ferdinand.
03:36Sometimes he makes mistakes, like me last week.
03:41But he's really important.
03:43And he has passion.
03:44And this is so important to be a football player.
03:48Is it fair to say you will be staying at this football club for this month?
03:58You won't be going out now?
04:00I don't know.
04:01I really don't know.
04:02But if he does stay, you're going to reintegrate?
04:07Guys, it's eight days.
04:10We'll see in the end of the window what happens.
04:13And then we'll talk about that in a moment.
04:16Last question, Chris.
04:17You played outside in goal.
04:23Is it still a case of one keeper, two keeper?
04:26Or is it a more even fight now?
04:28No, it's always an even fight.
04:30But this was rotation.
04:32It was prepared.
04:34I also think about the mistake and then trying to...
04:37The idea that I sent to you guys and to the fans.
04:41But the rotation was done.
04:43Everything was prepared.
04:44And we deal with that normally.
04:46So we were thinking that to have two really good goalkeepers,
04:52they need time to play.
04:53They need the space in the team.
04:56So this rotation was prepared.
04:59But that mistake was my concern.
05:02But in the end, we continue with the same plan that we did last week.
05:06Over the Arsenal game again tonight,
05:08do you think Alzheimer has put himself now in a position
05:11where the picture has changed?
05:14I see him in the same way.
05:16He's prepared to help the team.
05:17That is the most important thing.