Amorim expecting improved Manchester Utd performance at Arsenal

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Amorim expecting improved Manchester Utd performance at Arsenal   10/01/2025  Carrington Training centre, manchester, Uk

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00:00Hi Reuben, this is your first game in the FA Cup. It's a traditional competition in

00:09English football. What do you know about the FA Cup and what have you seen and been told about it?

00:16I see what everybody sees.

00:19A really old competition with a lot of history. I remember some finals, I think

00:26when we won the treble against Newcastle.

00:30We saved some players, it was really important for the club.

00:37We won some

00:39sub-cups. We want to continue. We know that at this stage we already have a

00:45really strong match, but we want to win and also we want to continue to improve the team and the performance.

00:53You said a couple of weeks ago that you would like to bring in some players if it was possible.

01:00The way that

01:01profit and sustainability rules work in this country,

01:05you get

01:07more money if the club sells

01:11players that has brought through themselves.

01:14You've got two players there,

01:16Marcus Rashford that we talk a lot about, who was brought through by the club.

01:20Kobi Mane, who has been mentioned this week, also

01:24brought through by the club.

01:27With those two players,

01:29would you be prepared to sacrifice those players in order to make the changes you want?

01:38The first thing I think is hard. I don't remember to say

01:43clearly that I want new players.

01:46What I said is that

01:48sometimes the profile for this system is different and the players

01:54come here with a different idea how to play.

01:57So I don't remember to say that so clearly that I want new players. What I said is that

02:05we need to improve recruitment.

02:09When we are targeting players, we need to make sure that they will cope with the demands.

02:15Sometimes you have to bet a little bit. What I said also is that we have to improve our academy.

02:23To bring young kids that feel the club in the right way and also with that rules

02:31we are able to do some business and to have money to invest in the team.

02:36Connecting that with the second part of the question,

02:41our idea is always to keep the best players and the players that we build for this club.

02:47But we know the position that the club is in the moment.

02:52We will see, but I'm very happy and I really like our players, especially the guys from the academy.

03:08Yeah, my players are always my favourites. So I really love my players.

03:12I want to keep my players, especially the talented ones.

03:16Like I said,

03:18it's a special moment in this club.

03:20It's a hard moment, we will see, but of course I'm really happy with Kobe, he's improving.

03:25And also with Garna.

03:30If you were to go on loan for the rest of the season, would he still have a future for you at Manchester United?

03:37We will see guys. Let's focus on the game.

03:41They are available, they are training. We will see the selection for this game.

03:46They have to focus just on playing the next game.

03:51Hi Ruben, TV2 Norway.

03:54On Sunday you play against Arsenal, who obviously have a very talented Norwegian in the squad, Martin Ødegaard.

04:01What do you make of him as a player and how much of a threat he is to Manchester United on Sunday?

04:07I think he's really special because his influence in all the games of Arsenal is impressive.

04:14I play against them with Sporting, he didn't play both games in Newfield in the team.

04:20When he's playing, Arsenal is a different team.

04:24But they can win and they can lose without Ødegaard.

04:30So I expect a strong team.

04:32If Ødegaard is in the team, they will be stronger for sure.

04:37Hi Ruben, you talked after the Liverpool game about being disappointed that you didn't go on to win the game.

04:42How difficult is that from your side of things because you rotate the squad quite a lot?

04:48To reach those demands that you expect from the players on a weekly basis?

04:55I think we rotate more in that part where we were trying to find out what kind of players do we have.

05:02Then a lot of players were returning from injuries, now we are rotating less.

05:09I feel that sometimes I have to choose fresh legs because I look at some players in the same position

05:17and I feel that they are at the same level so I try to put some fresh legs.

05:22Now we have time to train a little bit more, I expect our team to understand the game better.

05:28We try to work on set pieces because it's really important.

05:32We suffered a lot in the last game.

05:36So we'll see.

05:38I don't rotate because I want to rotate.

05:40I'm not different than the other coach.

05:42I'm trying to find out the best solutions to win every game.

05:47I have doubts which player I'm going to put.

05:50Then I put the guy who is more fresh to cope with the demands of the game.

05:57One of your predecessors here, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, said that cup competitions,

06:01while they're great to win, they can often hide or not a true reflection of where a team is at.

06:07Is that something you agree with?

06:09Is your priority then, in a sense, improving the league position and also the Europa League?

06:14Because that comes with a Champions League place rather than the FA Cup.

06:18At this moment I'm living day by day.

06:21What I'm thinking is that we had one week without any game.

06:27We had a day off.

06:29We could work the team a little bit.

06:32It doesn't make sense for me to rest players now than to play both games really near.

06:41I think we have to put the best team.

06:44We have to win.

06:45We have to follow the last performance.

06:49I'm not thinking in that way because we are not in that moment.

06:53We are in the difficult moment.

06:55We are improving.

06:56We had some training.

06:57Let's put the best team to try to win.

06:59Then we'll focus on the next game.

07:01My focus is more on our week.

07:05We had time to train, to rest.

07:07So I will choose the best team to win.

07:09Because we want also to win the Cup.

07:12Like you said, in the Cup you never know.

07:14So let's win.

07:15Sometimes it's better to win this kind of game and then you have less time to rest.

07:20But your mind is so different that you can cope with the physical aspect of the game.

07:24My focus now is different.

07:26It's day by day.

07:28We just want to win this game and then we'll think about the next one.

07:32Just on that, Ruben.

07:34You said you'll play your best team.

07:36In that case, will you start Andre Anaheim?

07:38Because obviously you started Altaï during the last Cup game.

07:41So is it going to be Anaheim this weekend and not Altaï?

07:44That is a special position.

07:46It's a very good question.

07:48He's going to play Altaï.

07:50Altaï is playing?

07:51Altaï is playing.

07:53Lots of players after the game at Liverpool spoke about a change in mentality.

07:58That it helped them perform so well at Anfield.

08:01Have you noticed that carrying on this week?

08:03I know you've had a free week on the training pitch.

08:05Has it carried on what you saw at Anfield?

08:07That kind of switch in mentality that maybe some of the players were talking about?

08:10I felt it was different because we could train.

08:15So you can push them.

08:17You can show what they need to do.

08:19It's so much easier with training.

08:21And then the environment is different because they felt the confidence in the performance.

08:25But we can say anything after a match or during a week.

08:30We have to show in the next game.

08:32So we are focused on that.

08:34But I felt that.

08:36I felt during the week they were focused on improving.

08:38And they were open to learn.

08:40And that was a good feeling this week.

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