Ruben Amorim has all the characteristics to succeed as Manchester United manager but Ipswich away is “a nightmare first game” for him.

That’s the view of The New York Times’ soccer correspondent Rory Smith who told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club, the new United boss “needs a good start”.

“The one game most Ipswich fans will have looked at when the fixtures came out was United at home,” Smith said. “No matter how bad Manchester United are, that is the Premier League fixture.

“Portman Road will be up for that game and Amorim has two weeks with a third of a squad to get some of his ideas across – he needs a good start.”

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