Reuben Amorimcoach of Manchester Unitedunderlined the importance of the home match against Southamptonbottom of the Premier League, scheduled today. The confidence and energy resulting from the passage to the next round in the FA Cup, complete with Arsenal’s elimination from the tournament, however presupposes a maturity exam for the Red Devils facing the bottom of the Premier League. At 6 points and 10 points away from the fight for the safety zone.
“The next game will teach me more about my players than the last two,” Amorim said in a press conference. “No one expected great results against Liverpool and Arsenal, but now there is pressure: everyone expects us to win and play well. It’s this pressure that I want to see the team deal with.”
In the meantime, however, in the midst of the winter market session, the Naples is pushing hard to ensure the performance of Alejandro Garnacho as a replacement for Kvara, now on her way to Paris. However, United’s Portuguese coach knows what is expected of him: “It’s clear, he has talent,” admitted Amorim. “He has to learn to play in a slightly different position. He has to improve his internal game. He has improved a lot in the recovery phase, when he doesn’t have the ball, but by doing that, sometimes he isn’t in the right place to make transitions, like I did in the past, because I prefer to defend and then build with the whole team to get to the final third.”
No market rumors or announcements, just an accurate analysis of Garnacho’s progress at United: “He’s finding the best way to play in this system. He’s improving during training. He started in the last match (at the Emirates Stadium, ed.), let’s see.”