Manchester United are reported to be maintaining faith in Ruben Amorim despite growing calls for his dismissal. The club were beaten 3\u20131 by Brentford last weekend, and a defeat to newly promoted Sunderland, who have risen as high as fifth in the table this season, would increase scrutiny on the Portuguese manager.<\/p>\n
Journalist Laurie Whitwell outlined the current thinking within United\u2019s hierarchy on The Athletic\u2019s Talk of the Devils podcast, describing sustained support from Sir Jim Ratcliffe. He said: \u201cI think it\u2019s a big match, I certainly think that Ruben Amorim needs a positive result. They beat to Sunderland, don\u2019t they, who have been pretty good so far this season,\u201d he said. \u201c…from speaking to people that even if they lost to Sunderland, I don\u2019t think it would be the end for Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the ultimate decision maker on this really. He would take recommendations from Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox, and the Glazers certainly have a voice on this as well, Joel Glazer in particular I\u2019d imagine would have an opinion, but Ratcliffe is the one to decide really and I\u2019m told [Ratcliffe] wants to give Amorim the full season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new squad, to a degree, and him trying to get his methods across even more, so we can debate whether that\u2019s the right choice or not but that\u2019s the current messaging from the very top with Sir Jim Ratcliffe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Much of the criticism of Amorim has centred on his use of the 3-4-2-1 formation. He has largely held to that system, reportedly warning club officials they would have to sack him if they wanted something different, though he admitted this week that he may need to be more flexible.<\/p>\n
Defender Matthijs de Ligt has insisted the formation is not to blame, and summer signing Bryan Mbeumo has called on team-mates to shoulder more responsibility for poor displays, arguing the problems are not down to Amorim. There has been less sympathy from Wayne Rooney, who admitted he has \u201cno faith\u201d in Amorim to reverse the decline.<\/p>\n
A range of potential successors has been mentioned in the media, with Xavi and Oliver Glasner among those linked to the job if it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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