Ruben Amorim was appointed Manchester United head coach on 1 November 2024
As he reaches his one-year anniversary as head coach of Manchester United, it is fitting Ruben Amorim genuinely has something to smile about.
For if there is one element of the 40-year-old's personality that shines through, no matter how bad things have got over the past 12 months, it is his ability to laugh.
Amorim laughed, albeit tinged with embarrassment, when his distinctive phone alarm went off at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur in May, just as the president of the South East Asia Football Federation was welcoming United to Malaysia for the start of their chaotic post-season tour.
He laughed last month when he was asked if the Pope had been in touch following the defeat of Chelsea, a day on from his declaration that not even the Holy Father could persuade him to change his controversial 3-4-2-1 formation.
