Manchester United boss Amorim on Onana departure, keeping options and derby vs City (Full Presser)

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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim on Onana departure, goalkeeping options and the derby vs Manchester City  Carrington, Manchester, UK

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00:00We are really pleased. He is a goalkeeper with a lot of potential. I know that we are in the moment

00:18that the goalkeeper needs to be really strong and have a lot of experience. But we are also

00:27in the moment that we have to look at the present, but also with a focus on the future. So it's a little

00:34bit both. A guy with a great potential, that is one more option to play, and he will be ready.

00:42You touched on it a little bit there, but United were linked to the few other more experienced

00:46goalkeepers like Emi Martinez, for example. So in the end, what do you think Lomans can really bring

00:52in the present? I mean, could he start on Sunday? Sometimes you as a club, you try to see

00:58different options. Sometimes you are able to do one option or another. We have an option that can

01:04give us different things in the moment, but also has a great potential to be our goalkeeper for

01:12a lot of years. So that was our choice in the end.

01:16Yeah. Ruben, have you decided who will play in goal on Sunday yet?

01:20Yeah.

01:21And how did you come to that decision? I don't expect you to tell us who, but how did you come to that

01:26decision? It's the same thing that I do with different positions. Of course it's not the same,

01:32but Altai is going to continue. Because it's a different league, it's a different country,

01:41different trainings, different ball. So we'll try to maintain that and they will fight for the position.

01:48So for me, for this game it's clear, Altai will start.

01:52It's a show of faith in Altai though as well, isn't it, for you?

01:55I think sometimes it's to connect even with Andre. We saw Andre on Ana did a very, very good season

02:04in Inter. The quality is there, but we are in the club sometimes,

02:08in the moment things are getting harder and harder and you can be really experienced. But in this club

02:16the pressure sometimes is so hard on every detail, sometimes you need a change. So we believe a lot

02:23in our goalkeepers. I believe in Altai is ready to play and he's going to play. Thank you.

02:29Ruben, could you just update us on the injuries that Matisse Cunier and Mason Mount and also Diogo Dal?

02:37They are out for this game. I don't know how long it's going to take. We need that guys to be

02:46a very, very competitive team. But we have very good players that are eager to play. So we will be

02:55competitive on Sunday, but they are out. They cannot help us in this game.

03:00Have you got any idea like next week, next month? I don't want to say. Because if you talk with Cunier,

03:09if you catch Cunier outside, they will say that he can play this game. So I don't know. We will manage

03:15day by day, but they are pushing really hard and that is a good thing.

03:19Going into Sunday's game, I think it's the first time in almost five years at United going to a derby

03:27above City on the table. How do you assess the challenge that they present in this moment,

03:31given the start they've had?

03:32It's the same thing. It's a top team with the best, for me, the best coach in the league.

03:41A team that is really hard to imagine how they are going to play. They change all the time.

03:47But we are prepared for that. And we believe in our team. And I have that feeling. So it will be a very good game.

03:57We know what to do. We have one more training. The table in the moment, it doesn't matter.

04:04Well, I'm just worried about maintaining the same principles. The way we fight for every ball.

04:11These small details that sometimes we drop a little bit. Not in these games. So I'm more comfortable

04:17in these kind of games. But we will be ready against a very, very good team.

04:22Obviously, one of the Etihad last season. How different a team are you now than you were then?

04:28I think we are a better team. I think if you see any aspect, if you see the data, we are a different team.

04:36We are ready to play the game, but we have to show on Sunday. So I think we are a better team today.

04:46I'm sure you're aware there's this long sequence of an academy player being in the United match this squad,

04:50dating back to 1937. You've got four academy players in the team, in the squad now. Would you,

04:57going forward, always ensure there is an academy player? Or would you not be afraid if the circumstances

05:02were right? No, we want to maintain. I don't want to be the guy that broke that record or that idea.

05:10If you see the past of Manchester United, it is built on kids that grew up here and stay here for a long time.

05:17I think that should be our goal in the future. So I will try to maintain that. That is for sure.

05:24After the Grimsy game, you mentioned that during the international break, you would look at things,

05:27maybe fix things. I just wondered, is that on the training pitches? How has that been for you this

05:32week? And also, maybe also talking with the hierarchy at the club?

05:35I did everything. I watched a lot of games. I tried to understand different things. I talked

05:41with Jason, I talked with Amar, trying to anticipate scenarios. We had the market closing in this break.

05:50So I tried to do everything in this kind of breaks to prepare the future. So I did everything.

05:58Hi, Ruben. You obviously know Hugo Vaiana very well, worked with him very successfully at Sporting.

06:06Are you still in contact with him? And do you think that understanding of each other, does that benefit

06:11you in this game? Does it benefit him? No, it has no influence. We have different jobs,

06:16we have different gloves. We are having dinner all the time. We don't talk about football. So

06:25I'm red, he's blue. But we are really, really close friends. That will not change. So I hope to win

06:33Sunday. And that's it.

06:37Hi, Ruben. Can I just ask about Andre? Was there an option where he could have stayed and fought for his

06:44base? And what was the thinking about moving him on for a season online?

06:48It could be. But I think not just as a club, but also Andre. I think we understood that this needed

06:56a change. And sometimes it's hard to point to why. It's the performance, the moments, the bad luck in

07:04some moments. It was hard on him, it was hard on us. And we, we, we, our thinking is to have a change

07:14in the in the goalkeepers. But I wish the best for Andre Onana. He was, he was really good on working,

07:23trying to help the players. But sometimes you can have all the quality in the world, but sometimes you

07:28need to change the environment to return to your level. And I think was a feeling, not just from us,

07:34but also from Andre.

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