Fernandes made his senior debut under Amorim in 2022 and spent time on loan at Estoril to develop his game. Amorim reluctantly sold Fernandes to Sporting last summer, admitting to A Bola that he sacrificed the midfielder in order to keep Goncalo Inacio, Morten Hjulmand and Viktor Gyokeres.

Ruben Amorim says he has “no regrets at all” about joining Manchester United – but admits a problem period four months ago had him questioning whether he should have pushed harder to delay his arrival.

Ruben Amorim said he has "no regrets" about taking the Manchester United job but added he had to shake off doubts about the timing of his appointment.