Ruben Amorim took charge of his first training session as Manchester United manager on Monday.
Amorim was confirmed as the man to succeed Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford back on November 1 but he did not start his new job until November 11 as he served a notice period at former club Sporting Lisbon.
The 39-year-old is widely regarded as one of Europe’s top coaches and he finally got to work at United’s Carrington training ground this week.
Amorim did not have a full squad of first-team players to work with because many of his top stars were on international duty.
However, the likes of Marcus Rashford, Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro, Luke Shaw and Leny Yoro all took part in Monday’s session.
Amorim put his players through a series of drills and also set up a practice match. During the session, Amorim appeared to select his strongest available team against a young opposition. Amorim used a 3-4-3 formation during the majority of his 231 games in charge of Sporting and it appears as though he is keen to stick with that system.
Footage from Monday’s training session was shared via United’s social media channels and it left eagle-eyed fans intrigued by what they saw.
One fan, an X (formerly Twitter) user with the handle ‘@utdrobbo’, was adamant that he had worked out the exact line-up of Amorim’s apparent ‘Team A’ on Monday.
After studying various clips, he deemed that Amorim had gone with Yoro, Jonny Evans and Shaw as his back three.
The midfield four was seemingly Antony, Casemiro, Mainoo and Tyrell Malacia, with Amad Diallo, Rashford and Mason Mount as the three most attacking players.
Many United fans responded to @utdrobbo, commanding him on his research, while multiple comments welcomed the idea of Rashford playing centrally as a No 9.
It is highly unlikely that the 10 outfield players who teamed up in training will all start against Ipswich on Sunday in Amorim’s first game in charge.
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