“Has has maturity” – Manager now ‘ready’ to take Liverpool job, believes in what he does and preparation

Former Rangers coach Pedro Caixinha is the latest one to give his opinion on Ruben Amorim’s potential arrival at Liverpool.

The Portuguese coach, who’s currently working in Brazil, spoke to Final Cut this week. And in quotes brought by Bola na Rede, he claims the Sporting coach is now ready for the job.

“Ruben Amorim is ready for Liverpool and I don’t think he’s too young. He has maturity, footballing experience, knowledge and preparation. There’s been a lot of talk about his preparation, because he didn’t have a Pro Licence and he was on the bench. He was, if I’m not mistaken, the only national champion to then finish the UEFA Pro course and, as far as I know, he did it with the same humility and naturalness,” said Caixinha.

“He had already completed a postgraduate course. He’s a person who wants to graduate and believes in what he does. He’s very proud, incisive, but he knows that the path is there and it’s for him, and that everyone has to follow it.”

Ruben Amorim retired as a player in 2017, and didn’t have a lot of time to prepare to be a manager. He took charge of Casa Pia in 2018, having moved to Braga B in 2019 and promoted to Braga’s first team in December that year.

That soon drew the interest from Sporting, who signed him in January 2020. In his first full season, he took them out of a long-time drought with the league title, and could now about to win that trophy again, with the Lions standing comfortable on top of the table.

Liverpool seem to want a fresh name to replace Jurgen Klopp, and are going after an interesting option here, despite his lack of experience in the top leagues.