A catastrophic accounting assessment, supporters who gradually turn against him, leaders who are sometimes reluctant to certain transfers, and above all a humiliation against Grimsby, D4 club, in League Cup. Ruben Amorim lives dark days at the end of August, when the new season was to bring him reasons to believe in a return from Manchester United to the top of English football.
The start of the season decided otherwise, with no first league victory and a national cup elimination. And inevitably, it put on the carpet the question of its future in Mu. The Guardian explained that his management was already discussed internally, both by players and by leaders. In particular his tactical inflexibility, to want to apply what he was doing with Sporting Portugal. For some observers, the match of tomorrow against Burnley could be the last of Ruben Amorim in the event of poor performance, the international truce allowing time to find his successor.
Ruben Amorim in full spleen
And the principal interested in there? Expected at a press conference, he remained faithful to his line of conduct, honest, almost too much.
“Sometimes I want to leave, sometimes I want to stay here for 20 years. Sometimes I don't want to be with my players. I have to progress on this point “he said in particular, which will surely earn him new criticisms in England. He also returned to humiliating elimination against Grimsby and his anger against his players.
“Sometimes I hate my players, sometimes I love them; It's my way of doing things. I'm going to be like that. At that time, I was so frustrated. (…) We had a good pre-season and we were playing better. This kind of performance really disappointed me. But now it's a new match. »» Maybe his last on the Manchester United bench. Because after the international break, the program will be damn full -bodied with a trip to Manchester City then the reception of Chelsea.
