'My Mourinho' and ex-Liverpool man - Inside Ruben Amorim's Manchester United coaching team
There will be a different sound emanating from the training pitches at Carrington today as Ruben Amorim and his staff take charge of a session for the first time.
Amorim started work as United's head coach a week ago and he has bought five members of his backroom staff with him from Sporting. Only Adelio Candido is still waiting for a visa, with the rest likely to be running training for the first time today.
Only United's non-internationals will be in at Carrington and there will still be some familiar voices, with first-team coaches Andreas Georgson and Darren Fletcher staying on, as is assistant goalkeeping coach Craig Mawson.
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These are the five members of staff Amorim has bought with him to United
Carlos Fernandes
At 29 Fernandes might seem young to be the assistant head coach at United, but then he has been Amorim's right-hand man since he started out with him at Casa Pia at the age of 23.
While Amorim has a distinguished playing career behind him, Fernandes never played at professional level and quickly turned his attentions to coaching, doing the same degree in high-performance coaching at the University of Lisbon that Amorim did. Fernandes remains Amorim's assistant, but could have aspirations of a head coach job one day and Amorim has high hopes for him.
"My No 2 is Carlos Fernandes, he's been my right-hand man right from day one. He'll be a much better coach than me," Amorim once said. "I often say if I become Bobby Robson, then he'll be my Jose Mourinho!"
Emanuel Ferro
Ferro, 45, joined United after almost a decade at Sporting and he was