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Manchester United hope to appoint Sporting manager Ruben Amorim in time for Sunday's Premier League match against Chelsea at Old Trafford. (Times - subscription required), external

However, Manchester United are locked in talks with Sporting over Amorim's notice period, which is a number of weeks. (Mail), external

Amorim will still be in charge for Sporting's next league fixture on Friday, before travelling to Manchester. (CNN Portugal), external

The 39-year-old Portuguese manager wants to sign Sporting and Portugal centre-back Goncalo Inacio, English winger Marcus Edwards and Portuguese forward Pedro Goncalves, once he is at Manchester United. (Teamtalk), external

Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy expects to leave the club when Amorim is appointed. (Independent), external

Whoever succeeds Erik ten Hag as Manchester United manager will have a limited budget to strengthen the squad in January. (Guardian), external

Manchester United are interested in signing 23-year-old Bayern Munich and Canada full-back Alphonso Davies, but the player is set on a move to Real Madrid. (Sky Sports Switzerland, via Give Me Sport), external

The club will cut their losses on £86m Brazil winger Antony, 24, following Erik ten Hag's sacking. (Talksport), external

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Manchester City remain hopeful that Pep Guardiola will extend his stay as manager, and the club are adamant they had not lined up Sporting manager Ruben Amorim as a potential replacement. (Mail), external

Sporting are willing to sell Viktor Gyokeres for between £50m and £58m next summer, with Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool and all interested in the 26-year-old Sweden striker. (Florian Plettenberg), external

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As Erik ten Hag's reign as Manchester United boss comes to an end, the latest episode of The Football News Show reflects on the highs and lows of his tenure.

They also ask who fans want to see next at Old Trafford, with Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim in the frame to take over.

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Manchester United sacked manager Erik ten Hag on Monday, with the club 14th in the Premier League table, and Ruben Amorim has been heavily linked to the vacancy at Old Trafford.

Aside from the search for a new boss, what is the one thing nobody is talking about - good or bad - but should be?

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BBC Sport chief football news reporter Simon Stone speaks to The Football News Show about Manchester United's decision to sack manager Erik ten Hag and why the club's hierarchy may see this as an opportunity for a "new start" at Old Trafford.

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ESPN's Mark Ogden says Manchester United "would do really well" to replace Erik ten Hag with current Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim.

Ogden said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club: "There's a bit of [Jose] Mourinho about him. He's a real character.

"If they can get him over the line, it would be an extremely good appointment given the situation the club are in.

"He is, however, said to be high on Manchester City's list [should Pep Guardiola leave]. Sporting are at the top of the league in Portugal, they've won nine games out of nine and they haven't lost a game in the Champions League.

"He is very highly rated within Europe and United would do really well to get him."

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"Diplomatic" Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is "special", says Portuguese football journalist Jose Delgado.

Manchester United are understood to be in talks about appointing the 39-year-old as Erik ten Hag's replacement following the Dutchman's sacking on Monday.

Amorim is a highly regarded coach who has previously been linked with other jobs in the Premier League.

"Since Jose Mourinho, he is the most exciting Portuguese coach and we have had many, many good coaches," Delgado told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Amorim is special. Because of being special, only after 13 games in the first division, Sporting paid 10m euros to Braga to have him. Sporting was struggling, they had many problems and people asked Amorim if it was not a big risk he was taking.

"But things went very right in Sporting. They won two leagues, three League Cups and one Super Cup and made a fantastic team.

"Every year the team is stronger with more ideas and his leadership is very, very good. Not in the Mourinho style, Amorim is more diplomatic. He goes to the problems and speaks about them openly and that gives him success."

If the Portuguese is to take charge at United, he will be taking on a team that has a number of Ten Hag-bought players in it.

"If he has any sense he will ask for the squad to be gutted," chief Manchester United reporter at Manchester Evening News, Samuel Luckhurst, added.

"Because that was another mistake that they made in the summer, it was another Dutch-centric transfer window.

"You don't have to be a sporting director, manager or board member to know that there was no sense in just signing players in the manager's image. United needed to become a much more sophisticated operation."