Ruben Amorim will arrive in England on Monday but won’t be able to start work as Manchester United’s new head coach until he has been granted a work permit.
Amorim will travel to Manchester after overseeing his last game as Sporting Lisbon boss against Braga on Sunday evening.
However, the 39-year-old Portuguese is still waiting for the paperwork to be processed, so can’t start officially begin his new job or ‘get his feet on the grass’ according to United sources.
Most of the players will be away on international duty anyway, with Amorim’s first game not for another two weeks against Ipswich at Portman Road on November 24.