What Ruben Amorim will do first at Manchester United as he sets out clear vision

Head coach Ruben Amorim has made giving Manchester United an identity his first task ahead of taking charge for the first time in just over a week.

Amorim arrived in England on Monday, a little over a week after United had announced he was replacing Erik ten Hag, and he will take charge for the first time when the Reds travel to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town on November 24. The appointment of the former Sporting Lisbon boss has generated a wave of excitement and fresh optimism around Old Trafford, with supporters hopeful he will be able to replicate the success he enjoyed in Portugal in M16.

Amorim enjoyed plenty of success in the Portuguese capital as a result of implementing his trademark 3-4-3 formation. It is understood he will attempt to use the same system at United. However, before focusing on formations, Amorim wants to focus on installing an identity and getting his principles across to his players.

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Amorim told club media: "I think it's important because a lot of people now talk about the 3-4-3 and the 4-3-3 and all that stuff. But when I think as a player or as a teammate of Manchester United, it is not a system of formation, it's like the character of the players, the way they see the club.

"So we have to focus on that before the everything of how we play, how we press. The most important thing for me at this moment is to create the principles, the identity and the character that we had in the past.

"We know that we need time, but we have to win time. To win time is to win games. But the most important thing for me is