Ruben Amorim knows retaining Ruud van Nistelrooy as part of Manchester United’s backroom team would have been popular but felt he had to let him go out of respect for his staff and the club great’s standing.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has brushed off Gary Neville’s damning criticism of Manchester United and insists a trip to Old Trafford is always going to be a ‘tough’ task for Leicester. Ruben Amorim has struggled to steady the ship since taking over the reins from United’s then interim manager,

Former Manchester United striker and interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy returns to Old Trafford on Friday night looking to turn around his fortunes in charge of Leicester City

United are the big favourites to progress to round five, with the Opta supercomputer handing them a 65.9% win likelihood

Questions were posed amid the lack of transfer business, with the Dutchman walking away from his job at PSV Eindhoven because of a lack of support from the board