Ruben Amorim has introduced a major change behind the scenes at Manchester United as he looks to kick-start their season.
Amorim, 39, officially started his role as head coach during the recent international break - replacing former manager Erik ten Hag, who was sacked last month.
The timing of Amorim's arrival coincided with what appeared to be a favourable set of opening fixtures for the former Sporting CP boss.
But his opening few weeks at Old Trafford have been far from straightforward.
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United were held to a 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town in Amorim's first match in charge last week, while his side were forced to come from behind to beat Norwegian club Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday.
Next up for the Red Devils is a Premier League match against relegation-threatened Everton at home on Sunday and Amorim has reportedly introduced a major change at Carrington ahead of facing the Toffees.
According to The Telegraph, Amorim has appointed specialised coaches for each key department of his United team.
He's assigned members of his staff to work with defenders, midfielders and forwards separately in a major change from Ten Hag's approach to coaching.
Amorim's method is said to be seen as a 'modern way of coaching' compared to the 'traditional method of a first-team coach overseeing entire sessions with the whole squad as they prepare for matches'.
When he arrived at United, Amorim brought Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Vital, Adelio Candido, Emanuel Ferro and Paulo Barreira with him from Sporting, retaining first-team coaches Darren Fletcher and Andreas Georgson and assistant first-team goalkeeper coach Craig Mawson.
The former Portugal international has previously suggested that his coaching staff could be even more important than him, in terms of getting the current United squad to adapt to his preferred 3-4-3 formation and style of play.
"I was a football player," he said. "Videos more than 12 minutes? Forget [it]! Because of concentration.
"Instead of video, we do it like walking – and jogging – it's a way to do it. Showing some video. Then we have all the staff. For example, Carlos is with the strikers.
"They will show individual moments. So we will try to cope with that. Everyone has a job in the staff and they are more important maybe than me."
Speaking after the draw with Ipswich at the weekend, Amorim called for patience as his squad adapts to a new way of working under him.
"It's hard to expect anything now," he said.
"Without time we have to find the time and that is the only way. Some of the guys will play and the next day some of the guys will work on our idea. And then they will change the position.
"What I understood today is that they are trying, they stay in the positions and they received the information and they try to use it in the game. That is very important.
"Even in difficult moments I felt they were doing the things we said for them to do. I know it is frustrating for the fans but we are changing so much in this moment with a lot of games.
"We are going to suffer for a long period and we will try to win games. This will take time. I know we have to win games."
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Topics: Manchester United, Ruben Amorim, Erik Ten Hag, Premier League
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