Luis Nani gives his verdict on Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United appointment

Former Manchester United star Luis Nani has backed Ruben Amorim to hit the ground running at Old Trafford and turn things around.

Amorim was confirmed as United’s new head coach on Friday and is set to complete the move from Sporting Lisbon on 11 November.

Sporting have two fixtures before Amorim departs for England, starting at home to Manchester City in the Champions League and then travelling to Braga, where they will look to extend their perfect Liga Portugal record.

Yesterday night, Sporting cruised to a comfortable 5-1 win over Estrela Amadora, whose team featured Nani.

The former United man spoke to Sport TV (via The Daily Mail) and gave a glowing appraisal of Amorim ahead of his arrival at the club.

Nani said, “All I can say is good luck.”

“He has done an excellent job at Sporting, and I hope he can do the same at United, which is a great club, one of the best clubs in the world.”

“I think he is in a great place; he will have the chance with excellent players to deliver a strong response, as he has all the conditions to do so.”

United legend Rio Ferdinand recently revealed that he held a conversation with Nani about Amorim. According to Ferdinand, it’s Amorim’s charisma and character that will set him apart from the sacked Erik ten Hag.

Ferdinand remarked, “I spoke to Nani actually the other day and he said ‘Rio, whatever you want to talk about, tactics or whatever, the players play for him, they love him and they respect him.'”

“One of the issues I think with Erik ten Hag and what he [Nani] said about Amorim is he’s very straight, very straight and very direct.”

“‘From what I’m hearing, I’m talking to people that have played for [him] but also been around [him] as a human, I think the character and the charisma compared to Erik ten Hag will be the big differentiator, will be the big difference.”

United return to action on Sunday when they host Chelsea.