VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER RUBEN AMORIM AHEAD OF PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST LEEDS UNITED RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 2, 2025) (MUTV – Do not obscure logo. No resales. Editorial use only.) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, ON LEEDS RIVALRY, SAYING: "No, I heard that is a big derby, a great environment, a big rivalry. But every game in the Premier League is so tough for us. So it's one more game. I know that it means a lot to the fans, but we need to go there and try to win." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, ON LEEDS CHALLENGE, SAYING: "They have a lot of pace and sometimes we struggle with pace. They are confident, but we prove that we can win any game in any situation, in every context. So, we will try to do that again. We know that they changed the system. They have different players in front. The last game, they rotated the two players who usually are the starters. So, they have good players, good manager, great environment. It is going to be a tough game." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, ON TRANSFER WINDOW, SAYING: "The transfer window is not going to change. We have no conversations at this moment to have any change in the squad. There's a process. There's an idea that is going to continue. We are near the places of Champions League, but we are near also for like eight teams behind us. So, let's focus on the next game. Just that, and our focus is to win the next game." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, RUBEN AMORIM, ON PLAYERS LEAVING, SAYING: JOURNALIST ASKING: "Have any players come knocking on your door and asked if they could leave this month? Joshua Zirkzee is someone…" AMORIM SAYING: "No, none of them". JOURNALIST ASKING: "Would you expect any of them to?" AMORIM SAYING: "No, I don't expect them to come to me to ask anything." STORY: Manchester United are not planning any comings or goings in the January transfer window despite chasing a place in the Champions League next season, manager Ruben Amorim said on Friday (January 2). United, who travel to 16th-placed Leeds United on Sunday (January 4), are sixth in the Premier League and could go fourth if they come away from Elland Road with a win and other results go their way. Amorim's side, hit by injury and international absences, are only three points behind Liverpool in fourth and level on points with Chelsea in fifth. "We have no conversation to have any change in the squad," the Portuguese told reporters. "There is a process, there is an idea that is going to continue. We are near the Champions League places, but we're also near eight teams behind us, so let’s focus on the next game." Amorim said he was also not aware of any United player seeking to exit the club, despite widely reported interest from Serie A side Roma in Dutch forward Joshua Zirkzee. "None have asked (to leave)," he said. "I don't expect them to come to me and ask anything." The manager expected an unchanged pool of players from the squad that drew 1-1 with bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek, and indicated academy youngsters could get a look in for what could be a tough game in an intense derby atmosphere. Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt are both out injured while Kobbie Mainoo has a calf injury and captain Bruno Fernandes is sidelined with a hamstring problem. "We shall see tomorrow, we have more training. I don't think anyone is going to recover but we will see," said Amorim. (Production: Oliver Regan)
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