Teng Hahe was sacked, and when Manchester United finalized Amorim, the prospects were promising. At that time, Amorim, who coached the Portuguese Super League defending champion Sporting Portugal, won consecutive victories in the Portuguese Super League and the Champions League, leading the Portuguese Super League standings strongly, and on the Champions League stage, they defeated Manchester City 4-1.
In the 16th round of the Premier League, it was the first Manchester Derby in Amorim's coaching career, leading Manchester United to defeat Guardiola's team, the defending Premier League champions, 2-1 away from home.
Also favored was Amorim's favorite player at Sporting Portugal, Yorkres.
When Teng Hahe coached before, Manchester United had long been in a state of weak attack. In the ninth round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Ham United away from home, which was Teng Hahe's last game before being sacked. At that time, Manchester United had 3 wins, 2 draws, and 4 losses in 9 games, accumulating 11 points, ranking 14th in the Premier League standings. In 9 games, Manchester United scored 8 goals and conceded 11, with their attacking power ranking third from the bottom among the 20 teams in the Premier League, only scoring 2 more goals than Crystal Palace and Southampton during the same period.
If Amorim can bring his former protégé Yorkres from Sporting Portugal to Manchester United during the winter window, can the Red Devils' offense be greatly improved?
The honeymoon period between Amorim and Manchester United has passed, and it seems that there was never a honeymoon to begin with. Now, Amorim has led Manchester United through 8 league matches with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw, and 5 losses, worse than Teng Hahe. After 19 games, Manchester United has 6 wins, 4 draws, and 9 losses, accumulating 22 points, still sitting in 14th place in the Premier League standings. In 19 league games, Manchester United scored 21 goals and conceded 26. Defensively, they are relatively good, as the reigning champions Manchester City, who rank sixth in the Premier League standings, also conceded 26 goals during the same period. The current situation of weak attacking power at the front end has not changed, even Leicester City, ranked second to last in the Premier League standings, scored 22 goals during the same period.
This season, Yorkres has played 27 games for Sporting Portugal in all competitions, scoring 27 goals and adding 5 assists. Currently, on the Portuguese Super League scorer list, Yorkres leads with 29 goals, scoring 5 goals in the Champions League, two less than the top scorer Lewandowski.
In the match where Sporting Portugal defeated Manchester City 4-1, the world's strongest center forward, Haaland, failed to score, while Yorkres scored a hat-trick.
In the just-passed year of 2024, Yorkres topped the 2024 annual goal-scoring list with 62 goals. Haaland ranked second with 49 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo fourth with 43 goals, and Lewandowski and Wu Lei tied for fifth with 42 goals each. If Wu Lei hadn't been injured at the end of the 2024 Chinese Super League season, missing many important matches such as national team games, Chinese Super League, AFC Champions League, and FA Cup finals, he could have surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo to rank fourth.
However, it seems that Manchester United currently has little interest in Yorkres, and since the winter window has already opened, there hasn't been much news about it. The forward that Manchester United is interested in is someone else.
According to the news from the "Daily Mail," Manchester United is interested in Porto striker Agbohwa and has already sent scouts to observe him.
Agbohwa, also known as Omorodion, is currently 20 years old and holds dual citizenship from Spain and Nigeria. He is 193 cm tall. In July 2021, he joined Granada U19, and in August 2023, he transferred to Atletico Madrid while being loaned to Alaves. In August 2024, after the end of his loan, Atletico Madrid sold him to Porto for a transfer fee of 15 million euros. Originally, he was close to joining Chelsea for nearly 35 million pounds, but due to personal terms and physical examination issues, the deal fell through, and Porto picked up a big bargain.
Buying forwards from the Portuguese Super League is quite risky; just look at Nunez of Liverpool now. And relatively speaking, Yorkres is riskier.
The 26-year-old Yorkres joined Premier League Brighton in 2018 but first played for the U23 team and was then loaned to the Championship for a long time. In July 2023, Sporting Portugal spent 24 million euros to buy Yorkres from Championship Coventry. Prior to this, he couldn't even establish himself in the Premier League.
Agbohwa is much younger, with excellent physical qualities. He also had an impressive performance in La Liga last season. This season so far, he has contributed 18 goals and 2 assists in 21 games for Porto in all competitions, making him the team's top scorer, and he is currently in his prime.