Ruben Amorim feared his football career would be cruelly snatched away before it had started. On the astroturf pitches of Clube Atletico e Cultural, overlooked by tower blocks and a rickety stand, his hopes were fading.

Ruben Amorim's press conference revealed fresh tactics and a new recruitment process coming to Manchester United.

Despite Amorim’s first encounter with assembled media being a pre-match press conference, nobody asked about Sunday’s opponents Ipswich