Ruben Amorim's plan branded 'quite basic' as concern raised about one Man United position

Ruben Amorim’s “basic” game plan has been dissected ahead of his first game as Manchester United boss.

Following Erik ten Hag’s sacking and the now-departed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s four-game spell at interim boss, the Amorim era officially begins at Ipswich next weekend. As the Portuguese coach settles in at Carrington, Micah Richards has offered a tactical insight into his approach, which has won widespread praise across European football.

While Richards was impressed with what he saw from Amorim’s Sporting against City in the Champions League, he described it as a simple approach, albeit a well-executed one. Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, the former City defender said: “It was good seeing Sporting Lisbon and how Amorim wants to set up because there were a lot of grumbles of, ‘he plays three at the back, then to goes to a five, then he goes to a four, then the midfield does this’.

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“So it was good to see what his tactical plan was. It’s actually quite basic really. Against a team who have the ball like Manchester City, he goes to five at the back, he has his two midfielders who are willing to press really high.

“Then he presses with his front three. If you play through the lines of the front three, they just get back into position.

“I don’t want to say it’s nothing special, but the basic sort of tactic is when they’re in a low block. When they’re trying to press, they do get really high and they are adventurous.

“Manchester City, in the first half, exposed all those aspects of what