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By Jamie Spencer Manchester United were not the first club to trigger the release clause in Ruben Amorim’s contract with Sporting CP, but neither of the previous two approaches appealed to the Portuguese coach. Amorim has established himself a reputation in recent years as one of Europe’s brightest coaching talents, restoring Sporting to the pinnacle of Portuguese football by winning two of the last four Primeira Liga titles and overseeing a perfect start to 2024/25 to emphatically end a 19-year drought. United paid a €10m (£8.4m) clause to break Amorim from his contract in Lisbon and make him…