Amorim stuns journalists at press conference, refuses to answer any questions in English
Incoming Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim shocked journalists at his press conference on Monday by refusing to answer any questions in the English language. Amorim rather responded in his native Portuguese language.
BBC reporter Simon Stone, who was at the press conference, experienced the situation first-hand.
"With a delayed flight and queues to get through security at Lisbon airport, I was in a rush and a bit flustered when I arrived at the press conference room for Sporting's pre-match media for their Champions League game against Manchester City," Stone writes.
"I didn't realise until I had sat down that I was only one - empty - seat away from Ruben Amorim, who was watching one of his players answering questions.
"I said hello and shook Amorim's hand. He said hello back and seemed perfectly civil.
"Then, after answering 20 minutes of questions in his native Portuguese, Amorim was asked another five or six by the English media.
"Again, the answers were in Portuguese. Asked by an English TV journalist if he could offer an answer in English, he declined. His press officer said English journalists would get a lot of answers in their native tongue when he starts officially at Manchester United on 11 November
"For now, it is Portuguese only."
Amorim will resume his job as Man United's head coach on November 11. Before then, he faces Man City in the Champions League with Sporting.
