'It will change my life but will not change me!' Ruben Amorim promises to stick to his guns during Man United spell before revealing he was suspended from football twice so is 'not just a nice guy'

Ruben Amorim has vowed to stick to his guns as Manchester United boss after taking over from Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford.

The Portuguese arrived from Sporting Lisbon last month with the Red Devils at a lowpoint, finding themselves 14th in the Premier League following a horrendous start to the season.

After his appointment, Amorim spent a further three matches at his old club as United were unable to remove his notice period, giving him a chance for a perfect send-off with a hat-trick of victories.

The 39-year-old started off with a tough draw at Ipswich in the Premier League before coming from 2-1 down against Bodo/Glimt to win 3-2 in the Europa League four days later.

His United side finally burst into life on Sunday as they cruised to a 4-0 dismantling of Everton courtesy of Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee. 

Ahead of his side’s clash with Arsenal on Wednesday, he told the BBC that the job ‘will change my life but will not change me’. 

‘It’s the best team that we have faced by far, but the test is every game,’ United’s head coach said of Mikel Arteta’s men.

‘If you see the last game (on Sunday), it was really tough. It was a 4-0 but if you see the game like I see it (it was tough).

‘Everything now is a test – without so many minutes to train, trying to manage the number of minutes for a lot of players who cannot try to imagine one game.

The Portuguese followed up two tough opening matches with a 4-0 win over Everton on Sunday

‘You have to know that some players have to be out of the pitch in 60 minutes or 70 minutes, so it’s really hard. In this moment everything is a test.

‘But Arsenal are at a different point of their team. They are in a different moment (to United).’

Arsenal have finished as runners-up to Manchester City in the last two Premier League seasons and are looking to record a fourth straight win against United.

Arteta has won six of nine Premier League meetings with United since taking charge and Amorim wants his side to forget that recent history in Wednesday’s clash in the capital.

‘It’s important to be brave,’ the Portuguese said. ‘When I say brave, it’s not pressing all the time higher, it’s not the same.

‘We have to understand the game, the moments of the game and we need to have the ball. That is the key point because we want to have the ball.

‘We want also to dominate some moments of the game because we know that in this match it’s hard to control all of the game.

‘If I have to say something, we have to be brave and to play the game.’

Those positive characteristics have been epitomised by summer signing Noussair Mazraoui.

The versatile 27-year-old full-back has played across the backline since joining from Bayern Munich and has even been deployed in the number 10 role on one occasion.

Mazraoui has started on the right side of the back three in every match so far under Amorim, who has been impressed by the Morocco international.

‘In training, I don’t see him a lot but in games he’s a top player because he understands the game,’ Amorim said.

‘He knows how to attack, he’s very technical. He’s very good defensively, very good at one-on-one. He’s a modern player. I think he’s the future of our team.

‘When you think about him, you think ‘we need more like Nous’ that can control the tempo, they are really, really good and comfortable with the ball, and they understand the game.’