Richard Keys criticises Manchester United after hearing ‘classless’ Ruben Amorim detail

Manchester United are close to appointing Ruben Amorim.

INEOS reached advanced talks with the Portuguese tactician and Sporting CP very quickly – after deciding to sack Erik ten Hag on Monday as Manchester United sit 14th in the Premier League.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
14	Man UtdManchester United	9	3	2	4	8	11	-3	11

Sporting CP revealed in a statement on Tuesday that Manchester United are willing to pay the €10m (£8.3m) needed to releဣase the 39-year-old from his contract, and an official an🌱nouncement does not seem far away.

That all seems like a formal process from Manchester United – although Richard Keys has now called the Red Devils “classless” after hearing an interesting detail from the Ruben Amorim saga.

Richard Keys unhappy with Manchester United approaching Ruben Amorim during international break

The beIN SPORTS pundit has ജnow criticised Manchester United for allegedly meeting the man from Lisbon during the recent꧙ international break – in which Ten Hag was still at the helm.

Keys wrote on X (previously꧑ known as Twitter): “What is it about classless Utd?🏅They admit they met Amorim in the last int break. Did Sporting know? And they want him to break his notice period. Would they be happy if an employee of theirs did? Pay the compensation. Do it properly. And find £80m for Gyokeres. He’s sensational.”

ဣThe 67-year-old seems to have a bee in his bonnet.

It is standard practice in football to make approaches while a player or manager is still contracted elsewhere, something Keys ought to know ๊having worked in the game for many years.

Furthermore, h🐠e or༒ders Manchester United to “pay the compensation” – something Sporting CP had already announced the Red Devils intend on doing before Keys hopped onto X to complain.

Keys is spot on regarding Sporting CP No.9 Viktor Gyokeres, however

Clearly, we think Keys has overreacted a bit in terms of how Manchester United approached Amorim, although he is right to recommend Viktor Gyokeres – a target for Arsenal – to INEOS.

The Sweden int🌳ernational has been performing to a ridiculously high standard ever since moving to Sporting CP in a £20m deal from Coventry back in July 2023 – scoring 43 goals and providing 15 assists in just 50 appearances during his debut campaign l🌜ast term.

Gyokeres has since continued that exquisite form with 16 goals in 15 outings so far this season under Amorim – who clearly knows how to utilise the Sporting CP No.9 well – so Manchester United could certainly do a🌜 lot worse than bring the Swede to Old Trafꦚford too.