Manchester United have appointed Ruben Amorim as their new head coach.
The 39-year-old Portuguese, who will move to Old Trafford from Lisbon club Sporting on 11 November, has signed a contract until June 2027.
Former United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took charge on an interim basis after Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday, will stay on for the club’s next three fixtures.
Amorim, is the sixth permanent manager United have appointed since Sir Alex Ferguson’s 26-year reign ended with his retirement in 2013.
In a statement, the club said that“Manchester United is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruben Amorim as head coach of the men’s first team, subject to work visa requirements.
“He will join until June 2027 with a club option of an additional year, once he has fulfilled his obligations to his current club.”
Earlier in the week, Sporting said that United had agreed to pay 10m euros (£8.3m) to trigger a release clause in Amorim’s contract.
Amorim’s first fixture at Manchester United is set be on 24 November against newly promoted Ipswich, which comes after the international break.
His first home game will be against Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League on 28 November, with a Premier League game against Everton the following weekend.
United sacked Ten Hag on Monday after a 2-1 defeat by West Ham left them languishing 14th in the Premier League, with just three wins from nine matches.
Amorim quickly emerged as the club’s top target and Sporting issued a statement to the Lisbon stock exchange earlier this week confirming United were willing to meet his release clause of 10 million euros ($11 million).
Amorim was peppered with questions about his prospective switch at his press conference ahead of Sporting’s home league game against Estrela on Friday but he remained tight-lipped.
“It is a negotiation between two clubs. It’s never easy. Even with the clauses it’s never easy, they have to talk,” he said on Thursday.
Before Wednesday’s 5-2 win against Leicester in the fourth round of the League Cup, United had won just one of their past eight games in all competitions.
Ten Hag won the League Cup and FA Cup during his spell at Old Trafford but the club have not won the Premier League since 2013, in Alex Ferguson’s last season in charge.
Ferguson won the Premier League title 13 times but since his departure, five permanent managers have come and gone without adding to the club’s 20 top-flight titles.
Van Nistelrooy said Thursday he was “motivated” to help turn United’s season around and wants to stay at the club as he prepares the players for a high-profile match against Chelsea on Sunday.
Asked if it is his expectation that he will remain as an assistant under the new United boss, Van Nistelrooy, a former PSV Eindhoven manager, said, “We will see but it’s a contract situation that I’m in, and my desire to help the club go forward.
“So I can speak to you about my side of this story, and after that, when the new situation is occurring, when the new manager is signing and conversations take place, we have to see how things develop.”
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