Ruben Amorim has revealed he wants to be Manchester United head coach for the next 20 years.
The Portuguese boss is about to take charge of his first full campaign at Old Trafford – his first half-season saw him guide the club to 15th place and defeat in the Europa League final.
Performances in pre-season have left Amorim hopeful that United are a “completely different side” to last term, and the 40-year-old is now backing himself to have a Sir Alex Ferguson-style tenure at United.
Speaking before United’s Premier League Summer Series match with Everton, live on Sky Sports on Sunday night, Amorim said of his long-term plans at the club: “Yeah, I want to stay. I want to stay 20 (years). That is my goal and I truly believe in that. Always do.
“Something will happen. In some moments I will be lucky. I had a lot of luck during my career as a manager and my idea is to stay for many years.
“But again we know that the results will dictate that. I know that last season I used (up) all the credits but I’m ready to start fresh.
“I want to be manager of Manchester United for a while. And I took five years to choose this club so I don’t want to fail.”
Asked about his chances of success at United, Amorim replied: “If you look, Sporting was the same thing. They said that in three months I’m out.
“They said that I had three per cent (chance) of winning one title with Sporting. It was the same thing.”
‘I turned up to games knowing we would struggle’
Amorim has revealed that the biggest disappointment of last season was turning up to games knowing his side could not be competitive.
Fourteen of In his 27 Premier League games in charge have ended in defeat, while he also lost five out of his first seven matches at Old Trafford.
He said: “To tell you the truth, it’s not how I returned to my house after the games but how I left to go to the games. All the struggles that we had in the games, I feel it before the games.
“So that is the hardest part. To go to the games and know that we are not going to be competitive. When I returned, I just looked to my family and tried to think about different things. But I was really frustrated.”
