While Manchester United is preparing to compete in his round of 16 Champions League return from Real Sociedad this Thursday, the atmosphere seems special within the English club. Currently, the Red Devils lift in 14th place in the ranking in the Premier League and have only the Europa League to compete. But, they should not count on the encouragement of their leaders to go to the end of the C3.
Indeed, during his last media outing, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of the Mancunian club, had qualified the men of Ruben Amorim as “not good” and “overpayed” players. Declarations to which the Portuguese coach responded at a press conference on Wednesday. And obviously, the former Sporting coach did not try to contradict the English leader, but rather expressed his desire to change this situation.
Amorim wants to change RatCliffe d'Avis
“He was honest about it. The objective is to make him change his mind and make everyone change his mind ”, explained Amorim. “To be honest, currently, we are underforming this season. Whether it is me or all players. We can always change this, so I include myself in this underperformance. »»
“(…) It's a bit of the same character, we are quite similar. I have always felt the support of the board of directors and especially of Sir Jim ”, added the 40 -year -old tactician, who had been appointed as “exceptional manager” by Ratcliffe in an interview with the
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