Ruben Amorim will travel to England on Monday to start work as the new Manchester United head coach.
Amorim will take charge of Sporting for the final time this evening away to Braga in the Primeira Liga, having agreed to become Erik ten Hag's permanent replacement last week.
The 39-year-old will not be able to conduct training sessions at United until he has obtained a visa, which is yet to come through. United sources expect the visa to be processed quickly and then Amorim can "get on the grass".
Any potential delay is unlikely to be problematic as Amorim will not conduct a full team training session until next week when United's international players start to return.
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Several senior players will be immediately available to Amorim. Marcus Rashford, Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire, Casemiro, Amad, Mason Mount, Antony and the fit-again Leny Yoro and Luke Shaw could be among the first players to meet Amorim.
Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes, Lisandro Martinez, Alejandro Garnacho, Christian Eriksen, Rasmus Hojlund, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee, Noussair Mazraoui, Victor Lindelof, Manuel Ugarte, Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir will all be on international duty over the next fortnight.
Uruguay and Argentina's second World Cup qualifiers kick off in the early hours of Wednesday November 20, so the earliest Amorim could have every United player available is on November 21 - three days before his first match in charge away to Ipswich Town.
United have not scheduled an introductory press conference for Amorim this week. His first engagement with the press could be at Carrington in what
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