United’s new assistant Carlos Fernandes, Emanuel Ferro, Adelio Candido, Jorge Vital and Paulo Barreira all worked with Amorim at Sporting but have now made the switch to United. Speaking after becoming United’s new manager, Amorim said: ‘I’m going to take my [Sporting] staff. It was always one of the conditions.’

In his first interview since moving to Old Trafford, Amorim says he is inspired by the club’s history of glory and tragedy and wants to imprint a new identity on his players

Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Vital, Adelio Candido, Emanuel Ferro and Paulo Barreira will all join the Reds from Sporting. Craig Mawson, Darren Fletcher and Andreas Georgson meanwhile will stay as part of Amorim's team having previously worked under Erik ten Hag.