New Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has admitted that Pep Guardiola renewing his contract at Manchester City is bad news for the whole league.
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The Catalan, who has led City to win six of the last seven Premier League titles, signed a two-year extension to his contract at the Etihad Stadium this week, keeping him at the club until 2027. Amorim won his last encounter with Guardiola as his Sporting CP side hammered City 4-1 in the Champions League earlier this month amid a woeful run of results for the Cityzens. But despite City's recent wobble, which got even worse on Saturday as they were thrashed 4-0 at home to Tottenham, Amorim said the news does not bode well for him and the other coaches in the league.
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"I think it's a problem for everybody here," Amorim told a press conference. "But we have so much to do we cannot focus on anybody, we just have to focus on improving our club and not focus on the other clubs. [City] are amazing, if you can beat that team it's a good sign but we are focused on Manchester United."
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Amorim is the fifth coach United have had during the time that Guardiola has been City manager. He said he felt a "huge responsibility" to guide the Red Devils back towards the top of English football.
He added: "The only way I have to try and survive this is to focus intensely on my work and there’s a lot to do here at our club. I know the expectations. High expectations can be a problem because we need to know how to manage these expectations – we know it will take time, we know it won’t be easy. We will have difficult moments, but the only way I have to progress is to focus on the practical things we have to do at training and get to know all the departments and prepare for the future of Manchester United."
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Amorim revealed earlier this month that the thought of succeeding Guardiola had "crossed his mind" when Sporting's director of football Hugo Viana announced he was switching to City to take the place of departing Txiki Begiristain, while insisting he was 100 per cent sure about accepting the offer from United. City, however, have claimed Amorim was never on their agenda.
