Former Man United defender demands tactical flexibility from Amorim

Manchester United's on-field issues are obvious to everyone. Many attribute them to poor player quality, but experts raise questions independent of this fact and point them at the team's head coach, Ruben Amorim.

Details: Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre joined former West Ham coach Slaven Bilic in questioning the tactical choices for the match. Amorim's favored 3-4-3 formation simply isn't working right now, as the coach doesn't have the right players for it. Silvestre has therefore urged the Portuguese to be more tactically flexible.

Quote: “We know he wants to play a 3-4-3, we know he was incredibly successful with Sporting using this system, but I think he also needs to realize that he doesn't have the perfect squad to implement his preferred tactics and should tweak things a bit.

If we're talking about top managers or elite managers, they can switch from a back three to a back four or completely change formations. In modern football, you need to be flexible. You have to adapt to injuries and sometimes to opponents who are better than you.

When that happens, you usually want to match their system and focus on winning individual battles. I would like him to show a bit more tactical flexibility and try a few other approaches,” Silvestre stated.