Amorim appointed AC Milan boss

Ruben Amorim becomes AC Milan head coach; the 41-year-old was sacked by Manchester United in January after just 63 games in charge; Amorim replaces Massimiliano Allegri who was sacked after failing to secure Champions League football

>AC Milan have appointed former Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim as their new head coach on a three-year deal.

>Amorim was relieved of his duties at Old Trafford in January after just 63 games.

>The 41-year-old replaces Massimiliano Allegri, who was sacked after failing to secure Champions League football.

>Sky Sports News understands Amorim's 'emotional and inconsistent behaviour' at Old Trafford was a key factor in the decision to sack him and a refusal to adapt and evolve his preferred 3-4-3 system led to a breakdown in confidence in him.

>Speaking to the club's website, Amorim stated that he had long held the ambition to coach the 'Rossoneri'.

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>"There are ambitions that stay with you throughout your career, and coaching AC Milan has always been one of mine," he stated.

>"I know exactly what this club means: history, prestige and an extraordinary fanbase around the world. It is a challenge I embrace with pride and enthusiasm, fully aware of what these colours represent. I can't wait to get started and to experience every day the passion that drives AC Milan."

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>Prior to his dismissal at the Theatre of Dreams, Amorim described himself as a manager and not a head coach, inferring he was not being allowed to do the job that he was brought in to do.

>"I notice that you receive selective information about everything," he said in an explosive finish to his final press conference at the club.

>"I came here to be the manager of Manchester United, not to be the coach of Manchester United. That is clear.

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>"I know that my name is not [Thomas] Tuchel, it's not [Antonio] Conte, it's not [Jose] Mourinho, but I'm the manager of Manchester United and it's going to be like this for 18 months or when the board decides to change.

>"That was my point. I want to finish with that. I'm not going to quit. I will do my job until another guy is coming here to replace me."

>Amorim's job title at Milan remains head coach.

>Ruben Amorim will no doubt have been sat thinking over and over again about his departure from Manchester United. The dramatic nature of it highlighted a potential issue with either immaturity on his end, or with people above him trying to have too much influence over his team selection.

>The noise was that Amorim wanted to quit on several occasions as his frustrations got the better of him. However, he denied this in his final press conference shortly before he did indeed leave.

>Whatever has and will be said about his 3-4-3, United hired him knowing that's how they wanted to play. To get him to suddenly change was never going to go well. And he wasn't doing a catastrophic job.

>Michael Carrick's arrival and the subsequent form that followed made Amorim's performance look worse, but the Red Devils were in touching distance of the Champions League places with the Portuguese at the helm. There's no way of predicting if he would manage to get them over the line.

>Ultimately, he was trying to embed a system with a bunch of players who had only ever played four at the back. In Italy, systems similar to his 3-4-3 are more prominent and may be easier to adapt to.

>It's a new lease of life for Amorim, but he will hope it doesn't end in the same way as the man he replaced at Old Trafford, Erik ten Hag. Remember, the Dutchman was sacked after just three games at Bayer Leverkusen after being shown the door at the Theatre of Dreams.

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