Amorim can break 16-month Man United streak after Premier League nomination

Manchester United’s Ruben Amorim is 1 of 4 names to beryllium nominated for October’s Premier League Manager of the Month award.

The 40-year-old has received his archetypal monthly information since his assignment arsenic Red Devils brag successful November 2024 aft guiding his squad to 3 consecutive top-flight victories.

Amorim appeared to beryllium hanging onto his occupation astatine Old Trafford by the thinnest of treats pursuing a humbling 3-1 decision astatine Brentford astatine the extremity of September, but his Man United broadside responded successful admirable manner by securing a 2-0 location triumph over a high-flying Sunderland outfit.

The Red Devils followed that effect up with a surprise 2-1 triumph against reigning champions Liverpool, securing each 3 points astatine Anfield for the archetypal clip successful astir a decade, earlier putting Brighton & Hove Albion to the sword 4-2 connected location soil past weekend.

All 3 results person propelled Man United from the bottommost fractional of the array up to sixth spot, conscionable 2 points down Bournemouth successful second, and up of Saturday’s travel to Nottingham Forest, Amorim has been recognised with a MOTM nomination.

Amorim is joined connected the four-man shortlist by Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola and Aston Villa’s Unai Emery, and the Portuguese is bidding to go the archetypal Man United brag to triumph the monthly accolade since his predecessor Erik 10 Hag successful November 2023.

Mbeumo to rival Haaland, Timber for Premier League POTM award

Meanwhile, Man United attacker Bryan Mbeumo is 1 8 players to beryllium nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month grant aft a stellar spell successful beforehand of extremity successful October.

Mbeumo, a £71m summertime signing from Brentford, was a hugely influential performer for Amorim’s broadside successful each 3 wins successful October, contributing with a league-high 4 nonstop extremity involvements.

The Cameroon planetary created the opener successful the 2-0 triumph implicit Sunderland, earlier taking conscionable 62 seconds to people against Liverpool, portion helium finished the period with a man-of-the-match show against Brighton, scoring 2 superb second-half goals.

Man United’s No.19 is joined connected the shortlist by Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who scored 3 goals successful arsenic galore matches successful October to summation his extremity tally to a division-high 11 aft conscionable 9 games this season.

Defender Jurrien Timber, who played a cardinal relation successful Arsenal keeping 3 cleanable sheets successful 3 games successful October, has besides been nominated on with Aston Villa’s Matty Cash, Bournemouth’s Junior Kroupi, Brentford’s Igor Thiago, Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes and Sunderland’s Nordi Mukiele.

Fans person until 12:00 GMT connected November 3 to ballot connected the EA SPORTS website for 1 of the 4 managers and 8 players shortlisted for October’s awards, and those votes volition beryllium combined with those of a sheet of shot experts to find the winners.

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