Ruben Amorim more confident in Man Utd ahead of new season

Ruben Amorim says he feels “more confident” about Manchester United’s qualities heading into Sunday’s Premier League opener against Arsenal.

A sense of optimism has returned to Old Trafford, just three months on from their worst top-flight campaign in 51 years being compounded by a damaging defeat in the Europa League final.

Amorim has refreshed the squad, both in terms of personnel and mindset, since the end of a campaign in which the United head coach admitted he went into games knowing that they would struggle.

But being backed in the transfer window over incomings and outgoings has helped changed that heading into Sunday’s hotly-anticipated Old Trafford opener against Arsenal.

“It is hard to know (what we will deliver) because we cannot change everything in four weeks, but we are better,” Amorim said.

“I know that we are training harder, we are training better, so I know that we are more prepared to cope with the demands of the game.

“We have new players that we need to understand in the real game what they are capable to do in the moment.

“But I am really more confident. That is clear. I am more confident in this moment.

“But, again, we cannot change everything in four weeks but step by step we are going to be a better team, but of course I am more confident.”

Benjamin Sesko is pushing to make his debut just a week on from joining the club from RB Leipzig, as are fellow summer acquisitions Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Diego Leon.

But there remains work to be done, with a number of players to shift out and a decision to be made on midfield after Brighton made clear they do not want to sell Carlos Baleba this summer.

United are a work in progress but Amorim believes they are far better heading into the new campaign