- Ruben Amorim is dividing and conquering in his approach at Man Utd
- Portuguese will hand each section of the pitch to a designated coach
- The new boss is keen to make his ideas easy for players to understand
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has brought in staff to manage each section of the pitch, with specialised coaching of attackers, midfielders and defenders.
Goalkeeping coaches have long been a staple of any backroom setup, but now Amorim appears keen to divide and conquer so that every player in his squad is being given specific guidance.
The Portuguese brought five coaches with him from Sporting CP after United cleared out much of Erik ten Hag's former staff – which included Ruud van Nistelrooy leaving the club. Only Andreas Georgson remains of the hires made during Ten Hag's reign, with the pre-existing Darren Fletcher and assistant goalkeeping coach Craig Mawson also kept on.
The Telegraph suggests that Carlos Fernandes, who is Amorim's right-hand man, Adelio Candido and Emanuel Ferro will each be responsible for particular parts of the pitch. Jorge Vital is lead goalkeeping coach and Paulo Barreira heads up physical performance.
United have previously had coaches with particular focuses going back years, with former Champions League-winning striker Benni McCarthy a notable hire of the Ten Hag era, but this new division of specialities is seen as a "major change".
Amorim has actually alluded to having different assistants leading a position group in recent days as United prepare to face Everton in the Premier League to begin a busy December schedule.
"We have all the staff and for example Carlos is with the strikers, and he will show individual moments. We will try to cope with that and everybody in the staff has a job and they are maybe more important than me," the boss explained.
Amorim has already grown a reputation in what is still a fledgling coaching career for a desire to keep things simple, hoping to avoid confusing or boring the players he is leading.
"I was a football player and football players, if a video is more than 12 minutes, they forget," he said.
"They lose concentration so we have to imagine there is an indoor stadium, and we have that to do instead of video. We will do it like walking and jogging. It is a way to do it instead of showing videos. That is it. Trying to see the game and to see what is missing. They are very good players and they need to believe as we will show individual stuff, team stuff and work. If you cannot run then jog and make the same exercise, of course it is not the same, but you can manage to try and win games."
