Amorim wants a more emotional Man Utd

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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim speaks to the media

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In his wide-ranging chat with the UK media in the United States, Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim offered a surprising response when he started talking about what things he wanted from his team.

You would expect him to say he wants more calmness in decision making, for his players not to rush their decisions and execution.

No. He wants more emotion - and he thinks competition for places will help.

"We need to be a little bit more emotional in this team," he said.

"With the emotion, we make more sacrifice, we have more pace, more energy. We are improving on that.

"Competition is going to help. So if (Matheus) Cunha is playing and Mason (Mount) is on the bench. Bruno (Fernandes) and Kobbie (Mainoo) are in the same position. Of course, Bruno can do different positions and even Kobbie.

"These things are going to help us. It's a perfect year to do that without European competition.

"We need to put in the standards, then I think we'll be ready next season, and in other seasons, to cope with less training because the culture is already here."