“I wont be catching another plane to England” – Ruben Amorim still embarrassed about West Ham trip, quizzed on future after Man United claims

Even though Sporting have just won the league title, Ruben Amorim’s press conference today was still full of questions about the manager’s future.

With the coach’s failed talks to take charge of West Ham United, plus the reports this week saying Manchester United are interested in him, it was inevitable the subject would be mentioned.

Record now features some of Amorim’s quotes, and despite claiming he’s focused on staying at Sporting for another season, he doesn’t hide there’s a possibility he could leave.

When asked whether his agent will be listening to offers in the summer, the coach made it clear he won’t fly for meetings, as a clear reference to the West Ham interview. It was also mentioned that Amorim still draws interest from England, as he’s now linked to Manchester United, but he still didn’t want to feed that either.

“The same as always. We can’t control what happens in the future, but I’m very focused on Sporting, on the job. The mistakes I’ve made in the past I won’t make in the future. You don’t even know if you’ll continue in your jobs, if you might get an offer. My focus is on Sporting and we’re preparing for next season.

“It’s rumours. The quality of the team and the players also helps. I certainly won’t be catching another plane to England (laughs). I’m Sporting’s coach and I don’t focus on rumours.”

The truth is that despite knowing everything about West Ham’s interest, the Portuguese media is still to learn something about Manchester United, and is just going off reports in the UK.