Manchester United's recruitment efforts over the past few seasons have not been particularly successful. Based on this season's performance, apart from the acquisitions of Bruno Fernandes (B fee) and Mazraoui achieving some success, other players such as Antony and Hojlund who cost nearly 100 million euros, as well as Ten Hag's former Ajax players like De Ligt, have not performed particularly well. Despite bringing in several players from the Eredivisie, specifically his former Ajax players, Ten Hag's "Dutch contingent" has not achieved success, and Amorim is not very satisfied with these players.
In an interview, Amorin also expressed dissatisfaction with Manchester United's current squad, believing that they are not adaptable to his three-center-back system. It is certain that Manchester United will make personnel adjustments. According to information from The Mail, Manchester United views Porto striker Aguer and Paris Saint-Germain left-back Nuno Mendes as key targets for recruitment. Among them, the Portuguese defender previously worked with Amorin and now has less than 2 years left on his contract at PSG. If he does not renew his contract, PSG is willing to sell him.
Whether Aguer and Nuno Mendes can adapt to Manchester United and Amorin's tactical system remains to be seen, but based on this news, Manchester United may really go from one extreme to another. It cannot be denied that every head coach has their own coaching style and recruitment tendencies, and it is completely understandable to prioritize their former players. However, completely negating previous recruitment achievements and making large-scale changes to the squad, even if it leads to success, would the time and transfer fees involved be too high?
Since Amorin took office, there have been continuous media predictions about how Amorin will conduct recruitment in the future, including his former Sporting CP players like Joao Felix appearing on this recruitment list. Now, Nuno Mendes has also become a target for Manchester United's recruitment. It seems that if Amorin can persist for 2-3 transfer periods, he really has the potential to completely abandon most of the "Dutch contingent" within Manchester United and instead create a "Portuguese contingent" that he is more familiar with and better suited to his tactics, with Nuno Mendes just being the starting point.
Whether such recruitment can succeed is still unknown, but the risks are completely predictable. Just like Ten Hag's "Dutch contingent," any other head coach besides him would find it difficult to use them. If Amorin spends a lot of money to sign a large number of Portuguese players or those from the Portuguese Super League, and if the team's performance is poor, leading to Amorin's hasty dismissal, the cost of changing coaches for Manchester United will rise again, and the price of rebuilding the team will only increase, while the possibility of success becomes smaller.