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Gary Neville predicts where Man United will finish in the Premier League under Ruben Amorim

Lucas Arnold

Thu 21 November 2024 7:35, UK

Against Ipswich Town on Sunday, Manchester United’s fresh start under Ruben Amorim will finally begin, a new era of optimism at Old Trafford.

Amorim and his Man United side will travel to face Kieran McKenna, someone who may have been considered for the role a year or two fu൩rther down the line.

Amorim takes over United 🥃in 13th position in the Premier League, a far cry from where the club hopes to finish this season.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
12	B’mouthBournemouth	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
13	Man UtdManchester United	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
14	West HamWest Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12

Right now, all eyes are on the former Sporting CP manager’s training sessions♏ at Carrington, with fans hopin✨g to find out who will play where in Amorim’s famous 3-4-3.

Tyrell Malacia could cer🍒tainly be an interesting name in that regard, a player who United supporters have sorely missed over the past year or so.

Gary Neville thinks Ruben Amorim could return United to Champions League

All that being said, when speaking on the ‘Stick to Football’ podcast, Gary Neville has shared where he believes United will finish under Amorim in th🥂eir first season.

In their next six, United have two winnable Euro🍌pa League ties and also a few Premier League gamesജ they’ll be hoping to take three points from.

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And regardless of challenges such as facing Arsenal away from home at the beginning of December, Neville seemed confident that🤪 Amorim was about to inspire a big upturn in Manchester.

He said: “I think💫 we will push for top four this season. I think he will ge🐈t us going. All the players are putting out the right noises, aren’t they?”

In fairness, given how congested the table still is after 11 games, United are only five points behind Chelsea and Arsenal in third and fourꦉth respectively.

Who will be Ruben Amorim’s first signing at United?

Of course, Dan Ashworth and his team may already have one eye on the January transfer window, when they could recruit one or two players to help Amorim🌺.

United could use Antony in a swap deal, a player w⛦ho ꦏis free to leave Old Trafford after failing to impress under Erik ten Hag.

And in addition, United have already identified their first Amꦚoriꦦm signing, even🅺 if it was a playဣer they began chasing way before the Portuguese manager was even on their radar.

An exciting new era for the club, and 😼fans will surely be delighted if their new manager is able to return them to Europe’s top competition at the first time of asking.