- Man United take on Tottenham in the Europa League final in Bilbao this evening
- Ahead of the match, Amorim was spotted working out in a gym in Spain
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Ruben Amorim has been spotted in a Bilbao gym ahead of the Europa League final.
The Manchester United boss will lead his team into battle against Tottenham on Wednesday night as both sides look to salvage their season with silverware.
Amorim has adopted a fairly relaxed mindset heading into the final and demonstrated as such after posing with United fans inside a gym Bilbao on matchday.
Taking to X, one United fan shared a picture of Amorim alongside two supporters with the caption: ‘my dads day started at the gym with a special guest’.
Amorim – in his full United gear – was all smiles as he struck the pose with the fans who have likely made the trip to support the Red Devils in Bilbao.
The Portuguese boss has made a habit of his casual, matchday encounters with United supporters – having been spotted in a similar situation in February.
Ruben Amorim has been spotted with fans in a Bilbao gym ahead of the Europa League final
Amorim will take on Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou in the showpiece event on Wedensday
He was spotted by a fan working out at a morning gym session in a Bucharest hotel during United’s Europa League trip to Romania earlier in the competition.
A Romanian football fan took to Instagram to share two photos of himself next to Amorim.
One showed them posing together outside of a hotel elevator, while the other was taken when both men were sat inside a weight room.
The fan, known on Instagram as razvan.oprea.91, shared the pictures alongside the caption: ‘Morning gym with Ruben Amorim – Manchester Utd coach’.
United supporter and podcaster Scott Saunders later shared the snaps via X (formerly Twitter), where he quipped: ‘Nah I love that Ruben Amorim’s just gone and used the hotel gym in Bucharest and did some chest and shoulders alongside this local fella’.
It turned out to be a successful trip to Romania for Amorim and his team as a 2-0 win over FCSB secured third place in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League.
Earlier this week, Amorim said he’s at a loss to explain why United fans are still backing him ahead of the Europa League final against Tottenham.
Amorim (left) bumped into a fan while training at a Bucharest hotel earlier in the season
The 40-year-old believes one factor in his favour is that he warned the United board a storm was coming when he began the job in November and his prediction has come true.
‘I don’t know how to explain how the fans like me in this moment,’ said Amorim. ‘It’s hard to explain but I will try to prove myself to the fans and to the board, but I don’t have an explanation for you.
‘The good thing is I never worry about that. That is a part of being a coach and the most important thing is I know what I am doing and I explained everything when we started.
‘I explained about the storm [coming], I explained all the problems we have to the board, so I was so clear and I explained that I will not change my idea.
