Ruben Amorim pushed back strongly against suggestions he will resign after a press conference consumed by questions over his Manchester United future and his preferred 3-4-2-1 system. The mood followed last weekend\u2019s 3\u20131 defeat at Brentford, a loss that renewed focus on the Portuguese coach and the recently appointed number one, Altay Bay\u0131nd\u0131r, whose goalkeeping was described in the original report as more questionable.<\/p>\n
Amorim repeated that he will not walk away and spoke at length ahead of Saturday\u2019s match with Premier League newcomers Sunderland. He reflected on what matters most to him personally and professionally, saying: \u201cBecause the worst thing in this job is to not win games. That is the same feeling I had in Casa Pia when I lost in the third division,\u201d Amorim said, when asked why he doesn\u2019t fear losing his job.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then it’s a job. Of course, it’s a dream to be here. And I want to continue here. And I want to fight for this. But the problem is now, what makes me suffer is to lose games, not to lose my job.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou fear to lose your job when you have to pay the bills and I don’t have that feeling. I just want to continue this. But when we don’t win games, that is the suffering that I have. It is not the fear of losing the job. I don’t care. I’m telling you when we finish the game and you can see me, I don’t care about my job. That hurt of not winning games or failing. That is the thing that hurts me the most.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also stressed the limits of his control: \u201cThat is a decision of the board. I cannot do that. Sometimes I have that feeling and losing is hard. It’s so frustrating when you create the momentum, go to the next game, and something happens.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat feeling sometimes hurts me a lot. Also the players and especially the staff here. But that is not my decision. And I think it would be really hard to leave if I don’t do everything to follow my career here.\u201d<\/p>\n
On assurances from the board, he added: \u201cI’m not concerned about that and nobody here is naive. We understand that we need results to continue the project,\u201d and later: \u201cWe will reach a point that is impossible for everyone because this is a very big club with a lot of sponsors, with two owners. So it’s hard. That balance is really hard. So I’m not concerned about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I want is to see my team winning or losing playing the same way and we are not doing that, in the simple things of playing football that anyone can do.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo my biggest problem is [if] my players believe in you guys when they say the problem of our team is the system. I get crazy about that because I can see the team, I see this team playing in a different system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to play the same way with the same power with the same intensity with the same focus. If you do that, the system doesn’t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reports on Friday stated that Sir Jim Ratcliffe will ultimately decide Amorim\u2019s fate but is currently inclined to keep him until season end while United overhaul the squad following summer clear-outs including Andr\u00e9 Onana, Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho. A later report in The Telegraph suggested Amorim could be sacked if United lose to Sunderland, with \u201cacute pressure\u201d ahead of Liverpool after the international break. The draft states chief executive officer Omar Berrada, director of football Jason Wilcox and majority owner Joel Glazer will have significant input on any decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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