Man United's Geovany Quenda transfer plan is insight into Ineos and Dan Ashworth blueprint

Ruben Amorim becoming Manchester United head coach was the first major managerial appointment Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe have had to make since becoming minority shareholders at the club.

The Portuguese head coach is unbeaten in his first two games in charge of the Reds, drawing his first Premier League clash with Ipswich Town before coming from behind to beat Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League in midweek. The United boss has already called for patience as he looks to implement his ideas with the Reds in a new look 3-4-2-1 formation.

Amorim has made the decision to split his coaching staff into groups in an attempt to fast track his ideas across the the players. There's not much the new boss can do in terms of changing personnel given the transfer window is shut until New Year's Day, but we're already hearing murmurings about potential additions to the United squad.

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United have met with the representatives of Sporting's rising star Geovany Quenda - a player Amorim knows well from his time at the Portuguese club. That being said, he's a player the Reds have been tracking since before Amorim's arrival.

It's yet another indication as to the direction Ineos and Dan Ashworth want to take the club, having overseen their first transfer window at the club this summer. However, we didn't necessarily see a huge change in tact from previous windows given Erik ten Hag's desire to work with former players.

United signed Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt as per Ten Hag's wishes, but there was one signing that offered a huge insight into the direction the club wants to go in. Leny Yoro