“If you were going to Carrington, you would think that players and Amorim get along very well, but the truth is that players are frustrated to be blamed for the club's financial problems. However, they have not challenged the manager because they have not yet bonded with him ”. Such were the words of a source close to Manchester United to the Sun Last February. An observation working only a few hours after a new spicy declaration by Rúben Amorim about his players. “We have to solve all the problems of the club, but an important element of this moment is to understand how we come to this situation. It has a lot to do with the lack of success of the football team because we are the engine of any football club ”deplored the Portuguese tactician in particular.
A regularly criticized wardrobe
Appointed on the Red Devils bench on November 1, 2024, the former Sporting CP coach did not, in fact, stopped pointing his men in recent months. Affirming at first that the inability of the Mancunians to qualify for the Champions League and their bad form in the Premier League had led to these budget cuts, the 40 -year -old technician has never changed his communication strategy, despite the annoyance displayed by a part of the locker room. 15th of Premier League and author of a new cataclysmic season across the Channel, Manchester United still has a golden opportunity to save this exercise 2024-2025. Qualified for the final of the Europa League after their victory against Athletic Bilbao (4-1), Thursday evening, the teammates of Bruno Fernandes could thus find the Champions League in the event of success against Tottenham on May 21 on the side of San Mamés.
Before this very decisive meeting, so decisive, the Red Devils coach, however, split a new unreasing outing. “I'm just worried about the next game, I'm trying to have no injury to the final. If we do not win the final, it means nothing for us. We must have a complete workforce, stay in the match, have a little luck and be precise. It is quite similar for me and angel (PostCoglou, manager of Tottenham). It's a difficult time and one of us will win. It will be a grand finale and we will try to win it ”confided in particular the interested party in the face of journalists. Stressed by the title pressure and the management of its workforce during the two scheduled championship matches (against West Ham on Sunday, then Chelsea five days later), Amorim even closed his intervention by a message very far from the expectations of such a club.
A victim state that does not pass
“It is difficult to describe what it is to be a coach of this club and want to offer something to the supporters, because we were very disappointing in the Premier League. We want to offer them something. I am already stressed by the final. If you don't win it, it's nothing. We are happy to be there. We will see ”. A clear lack of ambition that has something to question. How to establish a positive dynamic with such a cautious discourse? Can Manchester United are content with a Europa League final with regard to investments made in recent seasons? Even more surprising: why Rúben Amorim has been pursuing this communication strategy for the results of his flocks for several months now? If some observers will highlight a certain lucidity to try to explain the speech of the Mancunian coach, it is clear that this ambient pessimism does not bear, for the time being, not really its fruits …
A victimization speech that Rúben Amorim had again held just before receiving the Basques to Old Trafford. “”For me, at that time, if you look at the Premier League, we have been the worst team since I arrived in terms of results. This is my idea. At the end of the season, we can be the worst team in the history of the Premier League with a European title. So we will not change anything. We know that this season has been disappointing. Nothing will change. At that time, I have to think a little more, but I felt it. I still think this season has been the worst for the past 50 years. If we win the Europa League, we will be in the Champions League and we can approach next season with a better mentality». A will certainly shared by all Mancunian fans …
