Ineos demand, personal promise, player meetings - Inside Ruben Amorim's Man United

In his first press conference as Manchester United head coach, Ruben Amorim told reporters that he had full faith he is the right man, at the right time, to bring success back to the Reds.

It was music to supporters' ears, and it is fair to say that Amorim's enthusiasm has been infectious so far even if we have yet to see radical improvements on the pitch. The optimism from the head coach has not dampened following the opening two matches.

"I believe we will succeed," Amorim told the BBC at the end of his interview with the broadcaster. "I think United will change my life but it will not change me.

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"Everybody says this will change me… this will not change me." This shall likely please United fans considering the personality of Amorim is one which has drawn admiration from supporters so far.

"I think it is more powerful sometimes not to shout because when you are, you are and the players feel it," he explained. "In training you can be demanding but afterwards, you can be one of them.

"To have a real connection you have to be in their shoes." Unlike a lot of the old-school managers of yesteryear, Amorim attended university in Portugal to learn how to manage his squad and even visited a therapist to, in his words, 'change things' about him as he transitioned from a player to a manager.

Part of this journey taught Amorim to evolve his style to suit different members of his squad. One-to-one meetings with his players are going to be a regular part of the schedule for the United squad but these will take the form of informal chats on the way to the training pitch rather than mirror Jose Mourinho's style of calling players to