Ruud van Nistelrooy leaves Ruben Amorim with huge decision after breaking Man Utd record

Ruud van Nistelrooy can leave for the second time with his head held high, if does not appoint him to his coaching staff.

Interim United boss oversaw on Sunday afternoon in his final match in charge. opened the scoring with a curling finish before playing a part in a Victor Kristiansen own goal from Noussair Mazraoui’s dangerous cross.

Those goals put the home team 2-0 up at half-time and Alejandro Garnacho added gloss to the scoreline by curling into the top corner late on. Amorim will arrive in Manchester on Monday to succeed , following his final game with Sporting Lisbon, against Braga on Sunday evening.

He is expected to bring his coaching staff with him from Sporting, but nothing has been made official yet, with United needing to agree terms with the Portuguese club. That has left at the club.

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He hinted at an exit just months after arriving as part of Ten Hag’s staff by taking his time to clap the supporters inside Old Trafford at full-time. The ex-United striker has overseen three wins and one draw in all competitions over the past few weeks.

The Dutchman picked up a 5-2 win over in the Carabao Cup just days after Ten Hag was dismissed before a 1-1 draw against in the . Next came in the and a comfortable second win over Leicester.

Those results mean that Van Nistelrooy can boast the highest win rate of any United manager in history. And while that comes from a very small sample size, it does suggest he could be useful to Amorim in the coming months.

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“Ruud van Nistelrooy, he loves the club, he wants to bring joy to the players,” Fernandes said. “He brought everyone with a smile to the games, he just wanted us to enjoy it. We wanted to say goodbye as a manager for him properly because he did good things for us. It’s a new era, a new manager means everything changes but what hasn’t changed is that this club has to get back to where it belongs."

for the Leicester game. “From tomorrow, I will be getting behind our new coach, Ruben Amorim, and I urge everyone who loves the club to do the same,” he wrote. “I have worked with this squad every day since the summer and I can tell you that there is huge potential in these players, from the experienced pros down to the lads coming through the academy.

“The coaches, club staff and supporters all have a role in helping those players become the best they can be. Of course, it starts with players who hold themselves and each other accountable because playing for Manchester United requires massive character, hard work and dedication every single day.”

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