Amorim, a former Portuguese international, began his coaching career in 2018 and quickly rose to prominence. His impressive work during a brief stint at Braga caught the attention of Sporting CP, who brought him on board in March 2020.

Now, a little over four years later, Amorim is stepping into the Premier League, taking the reins as United’s new manager. At 39 years and 289 days old, he becomes the youngest manager since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement and the youngest to hold the role since Wilf McGuinness, who took over in the summer of 1969 at just 31 years and 288 days.

Though United had a history of younger managers in its early years, the club has generally leaned toward more experienced coaches since Ferguson’s departure in 2013.

Amorim is the first under-40 manager to lead United since Ferguson. Interim managers Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick were both 40, and the youngest permanent manager in the post-Ferguson era was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was 45 years and 296 days old when appointed.

The youngest managers in Man Utd history

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• Sir Alex Ferguson leaves Manchester United by mutual consent

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to step down from his ambassadorial role at the end of the current 2024/25 season.

According to The Telegraph, this decision is part of the club’s cost-cutting measures aimed at balancing their financial records, as INEOS continues its cost-reduction program by ending its financial commitment to Ferguson, the club’s most successful manager.

Although Sir Alex has served as a director on the club’s football board, his role has been primarily ceremonial, similar to those held by other club legends, including Sir Bobby Charlton and former chief executive David Gill.

Notably, Ferguson is not part of the official board, which includes the six Glazer siblings, INEOS co-owner John Reece, INEOS Sport’s chairman Rob Nevin, and independent directors Robert Leitao and John Hooks.

Reports indicate that his departure was amicable, following a direct conversation between Ferguson and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and he will always be welcomed back at Old Trafford.

During his illustrious tenure at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson won a remarkable total of 38 trophies, which included:

13 Premier League titles
2 UEFA Champions League titles
5 FA Cups
4 League Cups
10 Community Shields
1 FIFA Club World Cup
1 UEFA Super Cup
1 Intercontinental Cup

Ferguson’s legacy at the club is unparalleled, making him a legendary figure in football history.

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The Citizens won their first European Cup on Saturday night by defeating Inter 1-0 in the final, becoming the second team in English football history to win the triple crown.

The only other side to accomplish this feat was Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United, who defeated Bayern Munich in the spectacular Champions League final in 1999 after winning the Premier League and FA Cup.

In last week’s FA Cup final at Wembley, Man Utd had the chance to end their noisy neighbours’ treble dreams, but they lost 2-1.

Ilkay Gundogan scored the game’s first goal, the fastest in FA Cup final history, but Bruno Fernandes’ penalty made it even. Nevertheless, the German midfielder scored again in the second half to seal the victory.

Man City struggled against Inter in Istanbul, and it took them till the 68th minute to break the scoreless tie.

They were able to survive a late barrage of Nerazzurri opportunities thanks to Rodri’s ferocious strike from just inside the 18-yard box that beat Andre Onana at his near post.

Guardiola acknowledged in a post-game press conference that he had spoken with Ferguson before the Ataturk Olympic Stadium game.

“It’s an honour for me to be alongside Sir Alex Ferguson. I got a message from him this morning. It touched me. It was nice,” Guardiola said.

Ferguson was defeated twice by Guardiola in his only two meetings with the Catalan, with Barcelona defeating Man Utd in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals.

Guardiola has now won 12 major titles at Manchester City, as well as two more Community Shields, making him the club’s most successful manager by far.

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Pep Guardiola is the first manager in history to win the treble with two different teams.

His Manchester City side won the UEFA Champions League final 1-0 against Inter on Saturday night, completing their trophy tally for the 2022/23 season. Rodri scored the game-winning goal.

Man City defeated Arsenal to reclaim first place in the Premier League this season, with the Gunners ceding the crown after leading for 248 days – a record for a team that did not finish first.

Last week, they defeated rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup final. The Citizens won at Wembley Stadium thanks to a brace from Ilkay Gundogan and a penalty from Bruno Fernandes.

Experiments by the Citizens By this definition, Guardiola is the only manager in history to have achieved the treble on two different occasions and with two distinct teams.

• Managers who have achieved the treble

When Jock Stein’s Celtic team won on all fronts in 1966–1967, he became the first manager to secure the treble.

Then, two Dutch teams followed in the footsteps of Stein and Celtic, with Stefan Kovacs doing it with Ajax in 1971–1972 and Guus Hiddink with PSV in 1987–1988.

Hiddink’s triumph was followed by Sir Alex Ferguson’s victory with Manchester United in 1998–1999.

In 2008–09, during his first campaign as Barcelona’s manager, Guardiola captured his first triple title by defeating Ferguson’s Manchester United in the Champions League final.

Next to complete the triple was his professional adversary Jose Mourinho, whose Inter team eliminated Barça from the Champions League on their way to victory the very next season.

Following three runners-up finishes in 2011/12, Bayern Munich accomplished a remarkable treble under Jupp Heynckes in 2012/13.

Barcelona won their second treble under Luis Enrique in 2014/15, led by a formidable front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar.

Hansi Flick took over as Bayern Munich manager in the middle of the 2019/20 season and led them to glory in the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, and Champions League.

Guardiola’s Manchester City are the latest team to etch their name into the annals of football history.

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been awarded the Premier League Manager of the Season for 2022/23.

The Spaniard has now bagged the award on four occasions having previously triumphed in 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2020/21.

Man City is poised to win the triple as Guardiola led them to their third straight Premier League crown. The FA Cup final is on Saturday against Manchester United, and the Champions League final is the following Saturday against Inter.

Man City spent much of the season trailing Arsenal, with the Gunners spending 248 days top of the table – a Premier League record for a team that did not go on to win the title.

Before settling on a 3-2-4-1 system under the guidance of record-breaking scorer Erling Haaland, the Citizens spent a significant amount of the first half of the season experimenting and switching up their tactics.

Only one manager, Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, has won this accolade more frequently than Guardiola, with 11 wins to Guardiola’s one.

Since the award’s establishment in 1992, only three other managers have won it more than once: Jurgen Klopp has won it twice, Arsene Wenger has won it three times, and Jose Mourinho has done so twice.

🥁 Introducing your @BarclaysFooty Manager of the Season…

✨ Pep Guardiola ✨#PLAwards | @PepTeam pic.twitter.com/J4PQIAfvuE

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 30, 2023

• Previous 10 winners of the Premier League Manager of the Season award

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Sam Allardyce has uncovered his ‘better than Pep Guardiola’ comment after being appointed by Leeds United was motivated by Sir Alex Ferguson.

After being appointed by Leeds last week, Allardyce hit the headlines following his first press conference when he claimed there was ‘nobody better’ than him in modern management – and namechecked Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta. “I am not saying I am better than them, but I am as good as them,” said the veteran manager, who has now clarified the comment and admitted it was a piece of misdirection inspired by his old managerial rival and friend, United legend Sir Alex.

 “You had a big enough headline off me last week, you’re not going to get anymore,” Allardyce said in this week’s press conference, rebutting a journalist’s question. “By the way, all those who criticised me about that sounded a bit thick didn’t they? When all I was doing was diverting off the players onto myself, which was a great tactic I picked up off [Sir] Alex Ferguson . There was no pressure on the players because I took it all, I took all the stick – ‘oh look at him, listen to him’ – but there’s none of that this week, it’s all focussing on Newcastle and trying to get the three points that we need.”

🗣️ "You had a big enough headline off me last week, you're not going to get anymore." 📰❌

Sam Allardyce says he learned a great tactic from Sir Alex Ferguson with his answers last week 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZBugs0HqTz

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 11, 2023

Allardyce was beaten 2-1 by Guardiola’s Manchester City in his first game in charge of Leeds after replacing Javi Gracia in the final four games of the season. He will now face former club Newcastle on Saturday in a game that the relegation-threatened Whites cannot afford to lose.

After the match against Newcastle, Leeds’ final two matches of the season are against West Ham (away) and Tottenham (at home). Elland Road Club is currently 19th in the rankings with 30 points, two points behind the safety group.

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Robert Lewandowski has disclosed that early in his career when he received a call from renowned Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson, he was eager to join Manchester United. But, Borussia Dortmund and Jürgen Klopp prevented a possible transfer.

Lewandowski began his career through the Polish lower levels at the age of 16, eventually joining Lech Poznan in the top division in 2008. He scored 41 goals in 82 games across all competitions during that period.

As a result, the teenage striker was able to join Borussia Dortmund in Germany and was a regular member of Klopp’s team that won the 2010–11 Bundesliga title.

Lewandowski wasn’t the prolific goal scorer he is now at that point in his career, but it looks like Fergie and United instantly saw his huge potential.

It was during Dortmund’s pre-season and he was 22 at the time, which places it around July 2011, when United were in need of a fresh injection up front and would sign Robin van Persie to spearhead their next Premier League title charge the following year.

“I remember the moment exactly,” Lewandowski has now recalled in an interview with Sport Bild.

“We had a friendly with Dortmund in preparation, I think against Bochum. I was subbed at half-time. I looked at my mobile phone in the dressing room. There was a text message with the sender +44. Ferguson had tried to call me and then sent me a message. He wanted to talk to me.

“I was still in the dressing room, I took a shower and called him back, in a quiet corner. My English wasn’t as good as it is today. He has a strong Scottish accent. I was so focused on understanding what he meant! Alex Ferguson tried to be considerate, spoke slowly.

“I was 22-years-old, it was a special moment. I spoke to Aki Watzke and Jurgen Klopp in the camp. I wanted to go to Man United! But they said: ‘No chance, Robert. We need you. You have to stay’.”

Staying put was precisely what he did, and the next season, as Dortmund defended their crown, Lewandowski scored 30 goals in all competitions for the first time in his career. He led the team to the Champions League final the next year before signing for free with Bayern Munich in 2014. In 375 games for Bavaria, he scored an astounding 344 goals, showing that he appeared to become better with age.

The senior player is currently playing for Barcelona and, although playing in a different nation for the first time in 12 years, has shown no signs of slowing down. His 27 goals in 34 games speak for themselves.

Yet when Fergie phoned all those years ago, it wasn’t the first time a team in England had tried to get Lewandowski. Blackburn had the opportunity to sign him directly from Poznan before Dortmund, but their attempt was thwarted in part by a volcanic ash cloud that grounded planes throughout Europe.

A price tag of up to €4m was also an issue for the former Premier League champions, who were relegated in 2012 and haven’t returned to the top flight since. A couple of months after Blackburn had been denied their meeting with Lewandowski, Dortmund signed him for €4.5m.

“I think about it every time I see him play,” former Rovers manager Sam Allardyce remarked three years later. “I think they wanted €3m or €4m, but we were particularly strapped financially at the time at Blackburn. I watched him play, but I didn’t get the chance to meet him. I think his agent said he couldn’t come over because of the ash cloud.

“There were a lot of people looking at him at that time as well, but we had the edge over everyone else because of the attraction of the Premier League. He could have used us as a stepping stone but it didn’t happen.”

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The Premier League has announced a 15-player shortlist of nominees for the Hall of Fame class of 2023.

Three of the players who were shortlisted will join 16 other players who have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame, according to the Premier League, which earlier this week announced that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger had become the first managers to be inducted.

Arsenal legends Tony Adams and Sol Campbell, Manchester United legends Andy Cole, Gary Neville, and Rio Ferdinand, former Chelsea and England captain John Terry, and one of Manchester City’s most admired players, Yaya Toure, are among the contenders for the 2023 Hall of Fame class.

Fans can vote for the three players – who are only eligible if they retired before the start of the year – they want to enter the Hall of Fame, with the winning players set to be announced on Wednesday 3rd May.

Who are the 15 players shortlisted for 2023?

• Tony Adams
• Ashley Cole
• Gary Neville
• Sol Campbell
• Jermain Defoe
• Michael Owen
• Michael Carrick
• Les Ferdinand
• John Terry
• Petr Cech
• Rio Ferdinand
• Yaya Toure
• Andy Cole
• Robbie Fowler
• Nemanja Vidic

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Introducing your 2023 #PLHallOfFame nominees 📣

Vote for your 3️⃣: https://t.co/cVUsRGi8Vs pic.twitter.com/DHYhP3Uhnw

— Premier League (@premierleague) March 30, 2023

The Premier League Hall of Fame was established in 2021, and eight players were inducted that year, followed by the induction of eight more players the following year.

Class of 2021

• Alan Shearer
• Thierry Henry
• Eric Cantona
• Roy Keane
• Frank Lampard
• Dennis Bergkamp
• Steven Gerrard
• David Beckham

Class of 2022

• Wayne Rooney
• Patrick Vieira
• Sergio Aguero
• Didier Drogba
• Vincent Kompany
• Peter Schmeichel
• Paul Scholes
• Ian Wright

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The Premier League Hall of Fame has officially honoured Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger as its inaugural managers.

The duo won 16 Premier League titles between them across respective long-term spells with Manchester United and Arsenal.

Ferguson is the most accomplished manager in the competition’s history with 13 of their championships. He is the first manager to have achieved the Premier League’s Triple Title on two separate occasions.

Ferguson said: “I’m truly delighted to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. It’s an honour when you receive recognition like this. However, it’s not just about me as a person. It’s about the job at Manchester United and the bond we had over many years, so I’m also proud for the club, the staff and my players.

“My job was to send the fans home happy. United’s history and my own expectations were the things that drove me, and I then had to try and develop all my players with the same expectations and make sure we could go out and achieve them.

“I feel Arsene is a very worthy inductee as he transformed Arsenal Football Club fantastically. They became a tough team to compete with and we both wanted to win, which motivated us further. Through the years since retirement, we’d go for dinner together in a little restaurant he knows well in Switzerland. He is a really interesting man and I enjoy his company, but it is still my job to pick the wine!”

👑 The greatest.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been inducted in the @PremierLeague Hall of Fame 👏#MUFC || #PL

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 29, 2023

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Wenger arrived in England as one of the Premier League’s first foreign coaches in 1996, swiftly proving sceptics wrong by converting Arsenal into title winners and influencing the culture of English football with his scouting and culinary skills.

At Arsenal, he won three Premier League titles, including an unbeaten ‘Invincibles season in 2003/04.

Wenger said: “I am very grateful to have been selected for the Premier League Hall of Fame. We always wanted to give something special to the fans and when you have players capable of remarkable things, the most important thing for me is the obligation of perfection.

“I’d like to be known as someone who loved Arsenal, who respected the values of the club and left it in a position where it can grow and become even bigger.

“To share this with Sir Alex is a great honour for me. It’s like two boxers, you fight like mad and go the distance together. At the end of the day, you have respect and it will be a great opportunity to meet with him, share a good bottle of wine and memories of our old battles.”

🥁 Our latest inductee to the Premier League Hall of Fame…

It’s a special entry, Gooners 🙌

🏆 One gold trophy
❤️ One Arsene Wenger pic.twitter.com/iNsBbe1A9t

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 29, 2023

In addition to Ferguson and Wenger, there are 16 other inductees in the Premier League Hall of Fame.

When the Hall of Fame was established in 2021, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry were the first two individuals to be inducted. During that year, they were followed by David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, and Steven Gerrard.

Inductees for 2022 were Ian Wright, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Patrick Vieira, and Sergio Aguero.

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Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea was quick to hail his team’s first title in six years as “the perfect start for a new era.”

De Gea only had to make two saves to keep a clean sheet as Manchester United eased towards a 2-0 victory against Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday evening.

After joining United from his childhood club Atletico Madrid 12 years ago, the 32-year-old goalkeeper has already amassed eight titles.

De Gea, who won his first and only Premier League title with United in 2013, Sir Alex Ferguson’s penultimate season before retiring, was the lone starter for the club in United’s starting XI for this weekend’s final.

Ferguson was present at Wembley Stadium to see Erik ten Hag win a trophy after a six-year drought.

The significance of the occasion was not lost on a giddy De Gea after the match. “I think it’s the perfect start for a new era,” the veteran declared.

“I think the team is ready for everything. We showed [that] today, we played a great game; 2-0 against a very good team. You see the fans now and everyone is so happy, it’s a great moment for us. So, let’s enjoy and let’s be ready again.”

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On Sunday, De Gea added to his record total of clean sheets for Manchester United, recording his 181st in the club’s colors as the team won its first trophy since the 2017 Europa League.

Three trophies were won by Jose Mourinho’s team that year, including the European Cup and the Community Shield. Ten Hag’s side are still fighting across three fronts.

Only three days before defeating Newcastle, who are presently placed fifth in the Premier League, United advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League, setting up a fascinating matchup against Real Betis next month, after coming from behind to overcome Barcelona at Old Trafford on Thursday night.

United trail league-leading Arsenal by eight points with 14 games of the campaign to go and face Premier League strugglers West Ham United in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday night.

If United’s success is to avoid becoming yet another false dawn in the post-Ferguson era and live up to De Gea’s lofty billing, then the crucial games for the club will not end at Wembley’s success.

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After Sunday’s Carabao Cup victory, Erik ten Hag was thrilled to see Manchester United owner Avram Glazer visit the team’s locker room.

The club owner was in attendance as United beat Newcastle 2-0 at Wembley to win the Carabao Cup and was there alongside Sir Alex Ferguson to congratulate Ten Hag on his success afterwards.

The Glazer family has not been well-liked by fans throughout their time at Old Trafford, and at Wembley, angry chanting against their ownership could be heard.

But Ten Hag was happy to see Avram in the locker room because he felt he made a strong statement by attending the final.

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The United boss said: “He was really happy for the club, as an owner. They really want to be part of it. You feel that when he’s in the dressing room, very good he was there, he had to show his intentions.”

The Glazers may not be in charge of Manchester United for much longer, since they have received proposals to sell the club.

Asked about the potential sale, Ten Hag said: “I am not involved in that process.”

United had been without a trophy for five years and 278 days, having won the Europa League in 2017. It was the club’s longest drought since 1983.

The Red Devils return to FA Cup action on Wednesday when they face West Ham.

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