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MANCHESTER: Ruud van Nistelrooy is interested in becoming Manchester United manager in the future, but for now he is happy to remain as assistant to new manager Ruben Amorim.

Van Nistelrooy will complete his fourth game as interim manager when he takes on Leicester City at Old Trafford tomorrow, before handing over the squad to Amorim, who starts on Monday.

The former United striker, who had several coaching opportunities when he returned to the club as Erik ten Hag’s assistant last summer, was asked if he would be interested in filling the hot seat at Old Trafford.

“Of course, I thought about it a lot when I decided to become United’s assistant coach.

“I know coming back to Manchester United is something special and I want to be part of this journey, even as an assistant coach.

“I aspired to be a manager, but I decided to sign a two-year contract as an assistant coach,” said Van Nistelrooy.

However, Van Nistelrooy is not sure if his role is still the same under Amorim who is expected to bring his coaching line from Sporting Lisbon.

Nistelrooy’s focus now is to hand the team over to the new manager without a single defeat in four games under his charge.

So far United have won two and drawn once under Nistelrooy, and they need to get a positive result against Leicester tomorrow.

MANCHESTER: Moises Caicedo’s second-half strike cancelled out Bruno Fernandes’ penalty as Chelsea came from behind to draw 1-1 with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

It was Man United’s first Premier League game at home since manager Erik ten Hag was sacked.

Chelsea are currently fourth in the league on 18 points while United, coached temporarily by Ruud van Nistelrooy, are 13th on 12 points after 10 games.

United captain Fernandes completed the penalty kick in the 70th minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez fouled Rasmus Hojlund while trying to catch the ball.

Sanchez failed to guess the direction of Fernandes’ kick and Nistelrooy jumped for joy in celebration of the goal.

But the home crowd’s joy was short-lived as Casemiro failed to clear a Chelsea corner, allowing Caicedo to fire past Andre Onana for the visitors’ equaliser.

Ten Hag was sacked on Monday as United sat 14th in the league. Ruben Amorim was appointed as his replacement last Friday and will arrive at the club on November 11.

LONDON: Arne Slot says he is getting to know his Liverpool squad better every day as they chase four trophies in his first season as manager.

Liverpool, who will face Brighton tomorrow, are just one point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City.

They have started the Champions League campaign brilliantly and managed to reach the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Overall, the Reds’ squad won 12 out of 14 matches in all competitions, with just one defeat.

Slott, who replaced Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, was asked in his pre-match press conference today what he had learned about his squad’s ability to compete for four trophies this season.

“You learn every day, especially if you haven’t been with the team long like I have,” he said.

“You learn every day from new situations, and as I said before, the Chelsea game (winning 2-1) was something I learned from them, that they can defend well and defend their advantage.

“The way they bounced back against Arsenal (2-2 draw) was pretty positive, and the number of games we had to play, and they were still able to turn up and play good football, that’s also something you can see.”

Slot, said his reserve players created a positive impact in the 3-2 victory over Brighton in the fourth round of the League Cup, yesterday.

“We will need them all season,” he said.

“So it’s good to see that they’re at the level it takes to play for us.”

LISBON: Ruben Amorim said there is no agreement yet for him to become Manchester United manager after Sporting announced that the English Premier League (EPL) club is ready to pay them his release clause of 10 million euros.

The news comes a day after the team sacked Erik ten Hag with United languishing in 14th place in the EPL table.

The club expect the Portuguese coach to be in charge of the team for Sunday’s league game against Chelsea at Old Trafford, but Amorim would not confirm anything.

“I have nothing to say now, we are analyzing here. Anything I say will cause more noise,” Amorim told a news conference after Sporting’s 3-1 win over Nacional in the preliminary Portuguese League Cup quarter-finals this morning.

“There is nothing to say about it. There is a statement from the club, everyone already knows about it. It has been said by the club. The rest, we don’t know the real details. We will wait and see.

“There is a desire on the part of the club (United), which negotiates with Sporting, but it often involves my decision. Talking about it at the moment just creates chaos for the club and this whole situation.

“I can’t promise anything. All I know is I’ll be at the training center tomorrow and I’m preparing the team for the league game against Estrela da Amadora on Friday.”

He tried to divert the question back to the game but he had to repeat the same answer several times as reporters kept asking him about United.

Amorim, 39, who emerged first choice shortly after Ten Hag’s sacking, steered Sporting to the Primeira Liga title in 2021, ending a 19-year title drought, before winning for the second time last season.

Portuguese media reported his last game with Sporting was against Nacional earlier this morning and Amorim was then expected to negotiate with United over his staff and salary.

LONDON: Erik Ten Hag’s position is back in danger after Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Ham in the English Premier League action at the London Stadium just now.

Jarrod Bowen’s controversial penalty in the 92nd minute helped Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham seal a meaningful win and hand United their fourth defeat in nine games which has seen them languish in 14th place in the league.

In fact, the defeat proved that the London Stadium was clearly a bad place for Ten Hag, who lost for the third time in a row there during his career as the Red Devils manager.

Regardless, United have themselves to blame for the defeat after several chances in the first half failed to be converted.

It included Alejandro Garnacho’s effort hitting the crossbar as early as the second minute while Diogo Dalot failed to put the ball into the gaping net in the 32nd minute.

However, West Ham rose to improve the game in the second half which saw them take the lead thanks to Crycensio Summerville’s goal in the 74th minute.

Casemiro however equalized with a header in the 81st minute but Bowen’s controversial penalty in stoppage time saw United fall.