'It should' - Ruben Amorim confirms stance on Manchester United transfer strategy

New Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim insists he must have the "final word" on recruitment at the club.

United's hit rate in the transfer market has been appalling in the past 15 years and only Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bruno Fernandes have been genuine successes since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

Despite the hierarchy's wish to dismiss Erik ten Hag at the end of last season, United ended up keeping the Dutchman, extended his contract by a year and invested more than £200million on five players in another Dutch-centric summer transfer window.

United have already been linked with Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres, who pillaged 23 goals in 17 games under Amorim this season, and the club are tracking Sporting's 17-year-old winger Geovany Quenda.

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"I think it has to be all together," Amorim said of United's recruitment. "Because if you are a coach that is coming here and already chose the players he could be wrong. Because this is a football club that will be here for a long time and you as a coach don’t know that.

"Everybody has to work together and for that we have to improve the process on recruitment, the data, the profile of players we want. But I have to have a strong position on that because I am the coach, I know how to play, so I think it’s all together but the final word should be the manager.

"Not just because it’s your right but your responsibility. Because in the end, the result is to me, so I think it’s all together improve the process of recruitment. I have to understand the league - that is important - and when everything is aligned, all the ideas, everybody is on the same page, we can buy and sell players.

"I’m saying here it’s not the final (word) but I have a great responsibility when we choose players because this is something that should be done this way. I’m the manager, the head coach, so I have to choose the players."