"Normally so open in his media conferences, Amorim clammed up when he was asked to explain something he said on Christmas Eve about his preferred style of play. "I have the feeling if we have to play a perfect 3-4-3, we need to spend a lot of money and we need time," he said. "I'm starting to understand that is not going to happen. So, maybe I have to adapt.""
""I don't want to talk about that," he said. "I just focus on the Leeds game." Leeds v Man Utd - a rivalry that really matters Amorim then said he did not regret his comments prior to the Newcastle match before being asked again, by the same journalist, if something had changed in relation to the transfer budget. Once more, he replied: "I don't want to talk about that.""
Ruben Amorim refused to clarify a Christmas Eve comment about needing significant spending and time to play a perfect 3-4-3, saying he may have to adapt. He shifted between formations, using a back four for a 1-0 win over Newcastle before reverting to five at the back in a draw with Wolves. United privately accepted their pursuit of Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo was likely to fail and said Semenyo was never intended as a wing-back. Amorim repeatedly declined to discuss recruitment or the transfer budget before the Leeds match, offering a cryptic aside.
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