Ruben Amorim’s 29-year-old assistant is compared to Jose Mourinho and is ‘better’ than the incoming Manchester United boss

Ruben Amorim has given incredibly high praise to his assistant Carlos Fernandes before his move to Manchester United.

Amorim ready to be new manager at Old Trafford after the Premier League giants reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon.

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United The Portuguese coach will pay his €10 million (£8.3 million) release clause to appoint him as Eric ten Hag’s replacement.

talkSPORT understands deals have also been completed for Amorim’s assistants Carlos Fernandes and Adelio Candido.

And it is Fernandes who has received the praise from United’s incoming boss ahead of the biggest move of his career.

Speaking through the commentator in 2022 patrick kendrickAmorim encouraged and compared his colleague jose mourinho,

“My number two is Carlos Fernandes, he has been my right hand man since day one. He will be a much better coach than me.”

“I often say that if I were Bobby Robson, he would be my Jose Mourinho! But there’s still plenty of time, we’ve signed a 15-year deal!”

Fernandes will undoubtedly be pleased to compare Mourinho to one of the greatest football managers of all time.

The Portuguese icon, who is a former United manager, has won two Champions Leagues, three Premier Leagues, two Serie A titles and LaLiga titles, among many other honours.

Amorim completed a coaching internship with Mourinho in 2018, but believes Fernandes can emulate his success.

Fernandes, who is just 29, was first assistant manager for Benfica’s youth wing before becoming their manager for a year in 2017.

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He became Amorim’s assistant at fellow Liga Portugal team Casa Pia, before moving to Braga’s B team and then the senior team.

Both won the Taça da Liga with Braga in the 2019/20 campaign before moving to Sporting at the end of that season.

The partnership has certainly been a success, with Portugal having since won two Liga titles and two Taça da Liga titles.

Amorim and Fernandes are now set to bring their expertise to a United side who are a far cry from first-placed Sporting this season.

They are 14th in the Premier League and have won only three of their first nine games, losing four of them.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is their current interim boss and will take charge in the Carabao Cup clash against Leicester on Thursday. live on talksport 2And the Dutchman could also be in charge of the team for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea.

United will likely have to wait for Amorim’s first game in the dugout as talkSPORT understands he will be in charge of Sporting’s match against Estrela da Amadora on Friday.

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