Manchester United make five new Ruben Amorim appointments as huge changes continue

Manchester United have appointed five new coaches who will make up part of Ruben Amorim's backroom team.

Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Vital, Adelio Candido, Emanuel Ferro and Paulo Barreira will all join the Reds from Sporting. Craig Mawson, Darren Fletcher and Andreas Georgson meanwhile will stay as part of Amorim's team having previously worked under Erik ten Hag.

Fernandes, Candido and Ferro are part of Amorim's first-team coaching set-up, while Vital is his goalkeeping coach. Barreira is a sporting scientist. Fernandes is Amorim's right-hand man and he confirmed his own exit from Sporting with an Instagram post on Sunday night after they came from behind to beat Braga 4-2.

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“So many moments that I will cherish forever,” he wrote alongside a selection of pictures from his four years at the club. “There is no other feeling other than eternal gratitude towards those who helped us create something so special: players for whom there are no words, colleagues who became friends and everyone who always supported us. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”

Amorim began work at United on Monday but is unable to take training until his visa is approved. The 39-year-old's first game in charge of the Reds will come after the international break away at Ipswich Town on Sunday, November 24 (kick-off: 4:30pm).

One popular coach who has not stayed at Old Trafford under Amorim is Ruud van Nistelrooy who was not offered a role in the Portuguese manager's new setup. The former Reds striker was put in charge on an interim basis after Ten Hag was sacked last month with