He's just like Mourinho, Ole and Ten Hag — Neville on Amorim after Manchester Derby performance

He's just like Mourinho, Ole and Ten Hag — Neville on Amorim after Manchester Derby performance

Faruq Ibrahim 22:31 - 06.04.2025

Manchester United legend Gary Neville reacted to their performance in the derby against Manchester City.

Manchester United legend Gary Neville said that Ruben Amorim was no different from the last three Manchester United permanent managers after the Portuguese set up defensively in the derby against Manchester City. 

Amorim avoided defeat against Guardiola for the third time this season, holding the Cityzens to a draw at Old Trafford. The former Casa Pia boss deployed a defensive tactic in the game while looking to hit City on the counter.

This set-up is reminiscent of those preferred by Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik Ten Hag in these types of games, and for Neville, this has become a trend as he observed that managers come into the club planning to play attacking football but eventually decide for more pragmatic approaches.

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What Neville said 

"From a United perspective, I get why he's gone deep,” the former Valencia coach said. “I get why he's gone back into a low block, but that's what we've seen from Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Erik ten Hag; they've all come in with the intention of playing high-press, high-energy football, but all end up going back to a low block in big games. 

“I do understand why Ruben Amorim's done that today, with the players he no's got, because he hasn't got the players to adapt.

"They need five new players, Manchester United, straight away before you even think about the rest of it. The three up front are not good enough, the two behind and the one, and the two wingbacks—they're not good enough. 

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville || Credit: Imago

“They need five players; they need to serve him with five players who are good enough in this system to be able to play his system the way he wants."

Meanwhile, the Red Devils are already making moves ahead of the summer transfer window and have reportedly identified Super Eagles' Victor Osimhen as a primary target. 

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