Ruben Amorim ‘could move to Ten Hag or Pogba’s old homes’ with Man Utd boss living in hotel with £2000-a-night suite
RUBEN AMORIM could move into the old homes of either Erik ten Hag or Paul Pogba.
The new Manchester United manager is currently staying in a £2,000-a-night suite at the Lowry Hotel in Salford.
Amorim, 39, took charge of his first game as Manchester United manager against Ipswich Town.
Marcus Rashford gave the Red Devils a perfect start by scoring after just 81 seconds.
But despite the new lease of life, the Tractors Boys still pegged them back to a 1-1 draw at Portman Road.
But Amorim did not have a cosy home to return to as he is staying at the five-star Lowry Hotel.
The hotel is a short drive from Old Trafford and is the former home of Jose Mourinho, who stayed there for the duration of his two-and-a-half-year reign as manager.
However, Amorim is keen to settle into a home and avoid the hotel charges that Mourinho racked up.
It is reported that he is already house hunting for a place that can be home to his wife Maria João Diogo and two sons.
Potential options could be the old houses of his predecessor Ten Hag or former Red Devils star Pogba.
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A source told the Daily Mail: “Amorim wants to get his family over and set up their own home.
“The Hale and Bowdon area has been mentioned where his captain Fernandez lives and many of the players. It is just a short drive to the training ground.
“He could move into Ten Hag’s old place or even Paul Pogba’s place. But he is in the Lowry for the moment.
“He has walked round the city a bit and had a coffee in a few of the cafes.
“Perhaps he’ll bump into Pep Guardiola or even a few City players who have places nearby.”
The hotel has played host to celebrities such as boyband Take That, Kylie Minogue and Ariana Grande.
It was even the first in the country to offer in-room facial treatments to guests.
The hotel has 165 rooms and is regularly used by the club, which reserve dozens of rooms before games.
Amorim needs A LOT of time on training pitch to fix Man Utd... unfortunately he won't get it, writes Charlie Wyett
IN theory at least, the only way is up for Manchester United, writes Charlie Wyett.
We are nearly a third of the way through this Premier League season and it is still staggering to see United lurking in 12th place.
They have managed just four wins with a goal difference of 0. Only Everton, Crystal Palace and Southampton have scored less.
It is certainly not a false position and a point at Ipswich illustrated the massive job that Ruben Amorim faces.
United’s fans sang the name of their new manager throughout the game.
They also gave the players rapturous applause on the final whistle and although this was an improvement on some of the performances this season, the bar has been set pretty low.
The club’s optimistic supporters will see that their team is only six points off the top four. Ultimately, though, it is difficult to see United even reaching last season’s final position of eighth as they look worse.
United’s patched-up defence will improve – and a three-man formation at the back will help them – but you have to wonder where the goals are going to come from. Marcus Rashford struck after 81 seconds and then went missing for the rest of his 68 minutes on the pitch.
Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee were also introduced in that double change midway inside the second half but added absolutely nothing. What a terrible couple of signings they have proved to be and United’s fans would swap both of them for Ipswich’s Liam Delap.
Amorim did not celebrate the Rashford goal and paced around his technical area throughout looking uneasy.
Each time there was a break in play, he called over players for instructions.
Alejandro Garnacho headed over to the touchline on a couple of occasions while there were also words for Diogo Dalot, Casemiro and Jonny Evans.
Amorim, a manager with infectious enthusiasm, will be hopeful he can get his message across to all of the players in the next few weeks.
But the problem for the Portuguese coach is that this was the first of 10 games in the space of 33 days.
What he really needs are spells on the training ground without a midweek game but he does not have that luxury.