'Ten Hag 2.0', Mourinho claim - Seven top pundits share verdicts on Ruben Amorim to Man United

Manchester United only announced the appointment of Ruben Amorim at midday on Friday, but pundits have already been making their opinions known on the club's new head coach for days.

Amorim agreed to take over from Erik ten Hag on Monday, the same day his predecessor left, and the clubs then negotiated a deal by Wednesday. There are still ten days until the new coach officially joins, with interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy taking charge of the three matches before then.

Pundits then have plenty more time to opine about the decision with an international break to come before his first match later this month. However, here are the initial views of several people in and around the game.

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"I spoke to Nani the other day, and he said, 'Rio, whatever you want to talk about tactics or whatever, the players play for him, love him, and respect him.' And what he said about Amorim is that he is very straight and direct," Ferdinand explained on Rio Ferdinand Presents.

"From what I'm hearing from talking to people that have played for but also been around [Amorim] as a human, I think the character and the charisma compared to Erik ten Hag will be the big difference."

"I like him as a person; I like him as a coach," Mourinho told Maisfuetbol in May. "I think he has the conditions to be able to coach in any league, and he has the conditions to be able to coach in any club."

More recently, he shared his belief that United were appointing the "best manager in Portugal" in Amorim and described his style as "always intense" and never