Euro Leagues: Ruben Amorim close to Man Utd move & Barcelona's brilliance
Football Daily
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🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
John Bennett is joined by Guillem Balague, James Horncastle and Rafa Honigstein. How good a fit is Ruben Amorim to Manchester United, and how good are Barcelona?
The Sporting Lisbon boss looks set to complete his move to Manchester, but will he be able to emulate his success in Portugal in the Premier League?
Barcelona, fresh off a week that saw them score 13 goals and only concede two – the last four scored against bitter rivals Real Madrid in El Classico – are six points clear at the top of La Liga. How has Hansi Flick done it, and why are Madrid faltering?
The panel also discuss the Scottish contingent in Naples aiding Antonio Conte’s side in their quest for only a second Scudetto since 1990.
Timecodes: 00:45 Ruben Amorim close to Manchester United move 11:00 Hansi Flick’s dominant Barcelona 13:40 Real Madrid thumped in the Classico 17:20 Los Blancos’ Ballon d’Or snub 23:25 Why is it going wrong for Carlo Ancelotti? 29:50 The Scots in Naples 33:55 Napoli title favourites?
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| 0:52.0 | Hello and welcome to the Euroleagues with me John Bennett. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm joined by Gien Balaget, Raffa Honigstein and James Horncastle. |
| 0:59.0 | And coming up we'll talk Barcelona and Real Madrid after a huge result in El Classico that saw Hansi Flix |
| 1:06.0 | side go six points clear at the top of La Liga. We'll also talk Napoli and the Scottish contingent |
| 1:12.4 | aiding Antonio Conte's side in their quest for a second |
| 1:16.0 | scudeto in as many years. |
| 1:18.6 | But only one place to start, the sporting boss Ruben Amarim getting closer to becoming the next manager of Manchester United. |
| 1:25.5 | He said in his latest press conference in Lisbon that there will be clarification over his expected |
| 1:30.9 | move to Old Trafford after Sporting's game on Friday. |
| 1:35.0 | So he's expected to remain in charge at Sporting |
| 1:38.0 | until the next international break. |
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