Ruben Amorim was the first coaching hire Sir Jim Ratcliffe made since arriving to Manchester United as a minority owner in charge of the sporting sector. He was, in fact, Omar Berrada’s first choice, but United’s CEO surely wouldn’t do anything before consulting Ratcliffe first. Erik ten Hag was hired before, and the young Portuguese was seen as a new, modern manager who would signal Manchester’s new start. He ended up being sacked in mid-season, just like many of his predecessors. One of the reasons (apart from the obvious – lack of results) was the stubbornness in tactical style. Amorim was forcing a 3-4-3 tactical setup in Sporting, and it worked great there, but in England, it didn’t. He was advised to chance the tactics but Amorim refused to do so many times.##LINKED_NEWS_69190##Director of football Jason Wilcox was the one he apparently had the most clashes with, mainly due to the famous ‘formation‘ issue. While Wilcox preferred a formation with four defenders at the back, Amorim‘s tactic was different and he refused to change it, even when it was obvious that United’s roster was not suited for it. He changed it only once and won against Newcastle, only to switch it back to 3-4-3 next week against Wolves (and draw the game 1-1). Now, Amorim is in Milan, and guess what – he is still forcing 3-4-3. So far, his AC Milan is unbeaten in Serie A, but suffered a home defeat from Benfica in the Europa League opener.##TWITTER_<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ruben Amorim:<br><br>“I no fit REPEAT my mistakes from Manchester United [at AC Milan].<br><br>“If we no get the CHARACTERISTICS to play one particular way, we gats ADAPT.” <a href="https://t.co/oqrStWhFUS">pic.twitter.com/oqrStWhFUS</a></p>— MUIP (@ManUtdInPidgin) <a href="https://x.com/ManUtdInPidgin/status/2102061089718501517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>##During the 3-0 win over Lecce, Amorim not only played with a back four at times, but also admitted to making mistakes while coaching United.“These are different times, but we're improving. The players had more freedom; in recent games we were a bit too static, stuck. I can't repeat my mistakes from Manchester. If we don't have the characteristics to play a certain way, we have to adapt. We'll go back to building with three, but we'll see. Here in Italy, the coaches are very good, especially at going after other teams one-on-one” he said.01:30: (3.70) Central Espanol (3.30) Montevideo City (1.97)