Ruben Amorim says he knows how to fix Manchester United, and that is helping him cope with the club’s alarming Premier League slump.
Despite leading United to the Europa League final, Amorim admitted that he could step aside next season if the club’s domestic problems continue after Sunday’s home defeat by West Ham saw his side drop to 16th place in the table.
However, Amorim claims that he has told the board how he intends to address the issues this summer as United prepare to launch another rebuild.
‘I talk with the board, with everybody and even with the fans in every moment,’ he said. ‘I have a clear feeling that I know what this team needs to be so much better, and that has helped me to maintain that level of not go down so much and not so high in some moments.’
Amorim doubled down on his comments after the West Ham game, admitting that United’s Premier League form is ‘embarrassing’ and ‘unacceptable’.
‘It’s hard to find another word. I’m really embarrassed that in 25 games we’ve won six,’ he added. ‘Something is wrong in the way we are playing football, and sometimes it is not about the way we play tactically and technically.
Ruben Amorim says he has laid out a summer plan for Man United to get back on the right track
Jarrod Bowen wheels away after scoring West Ham’s second goal at Old Trafford on Sunday
Bruno Fernandes (centre) and his team-mates come to terms with their 17th league defeat
‘It’s the way we face competition and the way we suffer and the way we get mad because we are losing, and the way we protect the goal. These things we need to improve, and sometimes it’s not just inside the pitch, it is outside the pitch.
‘That feeling that I’m talking to fight until the end, the way we face competition. It’s not okay to lose, it’s not okay to draw.
‘It doesn’t matter if we can change our position in the league or not — that feeling is nothing about confidence. It’s about the belief and the understanding that we are Manchester United, and we don’t want to be the worst in the league.
‘Our position is unacceptable and, for me, that is not a lack of confidence, that is a lack of something more profound.’
