Ruben Amorim will stay with Sporting Lisbon until the November international break.

Manchester United's efforts to formally recruit Ruben Amorim have been given a major setback, with Sporting Lisbon now expected to stay in Portugal for much longer than expected.

Following United's decision to fire Erik ten Hag on Monday, the club acted rapidly to find his replacement. It was claimed that Amorim was INEOS' number one pick to succeed the Dutchman.

A verbal agreement was reached with Amorim, and on Tuesday afternoon, Sporting issued a statement announcing that United had indicated interest in hiring the 39-year-old and triggering his release clause.

According to a report in The Peoples Person, sporting director Dan Ashworth wanted Amorim to make his declaration before Sunday's match against Chelsea.

However, it was later revealed that Amorim must serve a notice period of weeks, rather than days, before officially taking over at Old Trafford. United have been in talks with Sporting to try to resolve this situation.

Indeed, earlier today, a news site stated that the Red Devils may be obliged to spend a little more money to not only assure Amorim's quick arrival, but also to persuade Sporting to release his assistant coach.

However, it looks that United's efforts are not yielding much fruit.

According to Record Portugal, Amorim will not only remain at Estádio José Alvalade for Friday's match against Estrela da Amadora, but may even stay until mid-November, during the international break.

"Rúben Amorim will coach Sporting until the next international break, Record has learned."

"Manchester United wanted to take the 39-year-old coach immediately, having him at Old Trafford at the weekend, for the match against Chelsea, but Frederico Varandas imposed conditions to complete the transfer, enforcing the 30-day period for the departure of his asset provided for in the current contract, in this case from the moment the Red Devils moved to pay the 10 million euro termination clause."

"In an agreement that is still being drawn up, the helmsman will be on the bench not only in the game against Estrela da Amadora, on Friday, but also in the home matches against Manchester City (on the 5th) and in the trip to Braga (on the 10th)."

If nothing changes, Amorim's debut game will most likely be away to Ipswich Town on November 24.

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