Ruben Amorim sounded like a former Manchester United manager with his plans for the summer

Minutes into the press conference in Kuala Lumpur, the alarm went off on Ruben Amorim’s phone at the W Hotel. Appropriately, it sounded similar to a siren before an atomic bomb is dropped.

If ever there is a summer for Manchester United to go nuclear, it is this one. The intended sale of four prominent forwards chimes with the “bravery” Amorim has demanded in the summer transfer window.

Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho were already out of dodge. Alejandro Garnacho has been swiftly and decisively dealt with after his unburdening in the San Mames mixed zone.

Eleven years ago, Louis van Gaal bullishly said, “I don’t need a holiday” at his unveiling by United, four days after leading the Netherlands to fourth place at the 2014 World Cup. That was the last time United were gearing up for a season devoid of European football.

Amorim insists he does not need to “disconnect” from the summer activity back at base. “It was important to finish the season, that was important,” he noted. “We needed to close that chapter.

“It’s not fully behind us because I have one row of English journalists waiting for questions! So I will rest from that when we finish the tour.

“But to tell the truth, I closed that chapter. I’m excited. I’m nervous. I want to work to the next season. So I don’t have a feeling that I need to disconnect.

“I had the feeling to close the season but now it’s a new season. So I’m excited. I don’t need to rest. I just need to prepare for next season.”

Apart from the presence of four journalists from Manchester, Amorim had a new audience in Kuala Lumpur. He and Mason Mount arrived to the sound of ‘Glory glory Man United’, a song that was not played in Bilbao or Manchester last week.

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