Man United's new six-man leadership group revealed as Ruben Amorim aims to change dressing room culture after sidelining troublesome bomb squad

Ruben Amorim has revealed that Manchester United have installed a leadership group of six players to police the rest of the squad at Old Trafford.

Captain Bruno Fernandes is a natural choice along with the man he replaced as skipper, Harry Maguire, plus Lisandro Martinez, Diogo Dalot, Noussair Mazraoui and Tom Heaton to keep their team-mates in line and maintain standards among the squad in terms of training and discipline.

The six-player committee – similar to the system Pep Guardiola implemented at Manchester City – will be responsible for creating a positive culture at Old Trafford and penalising any players who break the code of conduct.

'We have a leadership group now,' Amorim confirmed. 'It's not just Bruno, it's not just Harry, it's six guys now. They are responsible for the group. There are some things that in the last year I had to deal with that.

'I said to them in this year, you deal with that. Small issues are with you guys. You are responsible. All these small changes, I think it's helping the group.

'We have Bruno, we have Licha, we have Harry, we have Diogo, we have Tom and we have Nous. So it's not just the oldest ones. Nous is in the group because he's a character that I like. And I try to understand the dynamic of the group and try to reach every space. They are the guys that are responsible to keep everyone in line.'

Bruno Fernandes will be supported by five team-mates in Man United's new leadership group

Ruben Amorim has included Noussair Mazraoui because he likes the defender's character

Amorim hopes to change Man United's culture after sidelining Alejandro Garnacho and others

MAN UNITED'S NEW LEADERSHIP GROUP Bruno Fernandes (aged 30) Harry Maguire (32) Lisandro Martinez (27) Diogo Dalot (26) Noussair Mazraoui (27) Tom Heaton (39) Advertisement

Amorim believes it is just one of the positive changes United have made to improve the culture around the club under chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox.

While actually giving the players more latitude than his predecessor Erik ten Hag, Amorim will also use the data at his disposal to enforce high standards in training – even if that means showing them up in front of the rest of the squad.

'Omar and Jason, they were aligned about everything we need to change,' he added. 'Of course, the manager is an important piece. Because if the manager doesn't want (it), it's really hard. But I feel that we are more organised nowadays. I think everybody knows their places. You know that this is my job, everyone knows that.

'I think we improved in every department; even in the medical department, the nutrition, we have a new chef. We are so much better in what we eat, the way we behave on tour and on the pitch.

'We have new rules and the rules are not to treat the players as babies. I know that they are not kids, and I don't treat the players like kids. They have sons. I treat them as men, but they have rules now. I think these small rules can help a group to be strong.

'That can change the way you train. If you don't train in the right way, I have footage to show you. And I show you in front of everybody. So I'm always on top. If you train badly one time, I will show you the image.

'I will not just speak with you, I will show everything. So that really requires a lot of energy. But what I feel in this year is that I have more people to do that.'

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