Ruben Amorim did not feature on Manchester United’s first shortlist of targets to replace former manager Erik ten Hag, a report has claimed.
United famously held an end-of-season performance review into Ten Hag while they spoke with a number of other candidates during the summer of 2024, only to eventually decide after several weeks to extend the Dutchman’s contract.
Just a few months later, however, Ten Hag was sacked and United struck a deal to hire Amorim who, according to , was not among those on the first shortlist because of his lack of Premier League experience.
As United flirted with the idea of sacking Ten Hag, they debated a move for a manager with a proven record of success in England’s top flight and one who could work with the current landscape of the squad.
Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Thomas Frank, Marco Silva and Graham Potter made up a six-man shortlist. Tuchel and De Zerbi emerged as the favourites, with the latter eventually claiming that spot for his own before United opted to persist with Ten Hag.
