Ruben Amorim plans brutal pre-season with Man Utd flops quizzed on holidays and told to hit personal bests or face axe
RUBEN AMORIM is ready to get tough with his Manchester United flops as he chases a flying start next season.
The Red Devils boss wants to take a hardline
pre-season
approach in his quest to turn his 'chokers' into Champions League material, with
jobs
— including his own — on the line.
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Ruben Amorim is preparing for a complete reset at Manchester United
And the Portuguese is determined that a lack of fitness will not be an excuse for his squad, in the wake of a disastrous campaign last time out — the club's worst since the relegation season of 1973-74.
SunSport understands
It is believed non-international players could return to the club's Carrington HQ earlier than normal, with a suggestion some may be back training by the end of
THIS
month.
Amorim wants fitness levels to be
sky
high, demanding that players hit personal bests by mid-July.
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And if they
fail
to achieve those targets then they face being sidelined from his United revolution.
Boss Amorim has also told his squad they need to be fitter than ever because he wants them to be all over their opponents 'like white on rice' from day one
next
season.
It is understood Amorim has even quizzed his players on where they are going on holiday as he looks to shake up his failing squad and leave nothing to chance.
United finished 15th in the Prem and also lost in the Europa League final to Tottenham — meaning there will be no European
football
at Old Trafford
next
season.
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programme to get his men up to speed from the kick-off.
He is also keen to capitalise on rivals
Manchester
City and
summer
, with the final on July 13.
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A club source said: 'Amorim needs a good
pre-season
. He's not shied away from the pressure he's under.
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'He would have always preferred to have arrived at United ahead of a new season rather than in the middle of it.
'He has to get this right. He's told the players there are no more excuses. His job is on the line — and so too is theirs.
'The club can't accept any more failures.'
Amorim is well aware of the pressure building and the scrutiny on his own position, never mind his players.
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Amorim slammed his players after the first game as "chokers" after they were booed off by Far East fans.
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United face a big summer of transfer activity
Following the second game on Friday, Amorim was asked if he had a
summer
message for his players — and hinted he feared for the condition of his stars during their time away from the club.
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He replied: 'I was a player and you can disconnect. They know that we under-performed badly this season.
'The important thing for me is the body composition, the weight and the training — they need to be ready.
'We have to use every minute in every week of the
pre-season
. So we need to arrive in shape.
'These small things, they have all the measures. We had a briefing about that. It's the only way to take action to be better
next
season.
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'They know, everyone knows that the
next
year is going to be massive for everybody.
'I have been sending messages every week and they know
next
year, it is clear that we need to be so much better.'
United face a big
summer
of transfer activity.
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Bruno Fernandes could leave for Saudi Arabia this summer
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Christian Eriksen,
Jonny
Evans have all left on free transfers, while the
future
of captain
Amorim is closing in on a £62.5million deal for Wolves forward
Pedro
Goncalves as a potential replacement for Fernandes if he takes the £100m offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal.
Argentine winger Alejandro Garnacho is not in Amorim's plans next season and is free to leave.
United begin their preparations with a friendly against Prem new boys
Leeds
in Stockholm on July 19.
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Then the Red Devils are heading over to the
USA
for matches against
West Ham
, Bournemouth and
Everton
, before finishing a punishing
pre-season
schedule against Italian side
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