Ruben Amorim has acknowledged a public show of support from co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe while making clear he does not want Manchester United to adopt a long-term timetable for success. Ratcliffe, the British billionaire in charge of United\u2019s sporting decisions, pledged to give Amorim at least three years to install his preferred style of play, citing the slow start to life at Arsenal endured by Mikel Arteta before turning the Gunners into title contenders.<\/p>\n
Amorim admitted the backing matters but stressed the club must remain driven week to week. Speaking publicly for the first time since Ratcliffe\u2019s comments, Amorim said: \u201cFirst of all I can feel it, it is not just that thing that people say, I feel it every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes the pressure I put on the team and myself is so much bigger. I know it is going to take a while. It is really good to hear that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to reject the notion that United can afford to delay results. \u201cI think it helps our fans to understand that leadership know it is going to take a while. But at the same time I don\u2019t like that because I don\u2019t want that feeling in our club: that we have time to sort things out,\u201d he countered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to prove, in football and at big clubs, that every week we are ready to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n
The immediate test arrives at Liverpool this Sunday. United should theoretically be underdogs at Anfield, the home of the reigning Premier League champions, but have often produced encouraging performances against the division\u2019s elite. On their previous visit to Anfield in January, Manchester United earned a spirited 2\u20132 draw.<\/p>\n
Amorim also offered an explanation for United\u2019s contrasting displays against top opposition, attributing them to mentality rather than talent. He suggested that, when freed of the day-to-day pressure to deliver, the current crop of under-achievers can play closer to their full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amorim welcomed Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s three-year backing but warned United cannot wait to win tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,969],"tags":[1021,1041,1087],"class_list":["post-3855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","tag-amorim","tag-amorim-concerns","tag-coaching-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}