Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has described Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u2019s public endorsement of manager Ruben Amorim as a stabilising gesture and said the dressing room are united behind the coach. Ratcliffe spoke openly of his wish to give Amorim “three full seasons” to replicate the improvement enjoyed by Mikel Arteta at Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Fernandes welcomed the clarity and told Sky Sports that the gesture matters to the squad. “It\u2019s good for the club to give some stability,” he said.<\/p>\n
He added that everyone in the group understands the pressure on a manager: “We all know, and I think the manager has spoken about it, results make a manager stay or not. The manager is very aware of that. The players are very aware that we need to improve and to win games to help the manager be more stable and be more confident in what we can do in the moment and in the future.<\/p>\n
“I think the club needs some stability, that\u2019s the main thing from Sir Jim that he wants to pass through everyone. We\u2019ve always spoken about giving them time. I think sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture, and from the club side, they need to do that.<\/p>\n
“As a player and as a group of players, we believe the manager can help this club get back to where it belongs.”<\/p>\n
Discussing Ratcliffe\u2019s motives, Fernandes said: “I don’t know what the aim of Sir Jim is to say that. I think [maybe] to pass some confidence on to the squad, to the staff, to make it look like we are on a good path, not the one we want, but on a good path.<\/p>\n
“We want to improve that. If Sir Jim sees that\u2014the same as the players\u2014that the manager is the right one for the job, it makes it better. We have got two groups looking in the same way.”<\/p>\n
Centre back Matthijs de Ligt has been one of the more vocal supporters inside the dressing room. In an interview with The Telegraph he rejected the suggestion that Amorim\u2019s 3-4-2-1 formation is the root cause of the team\u2019s difficulties. “We\u2019re improving as a team,” De Ligt said. “In modern football even if you play a back four almost all teams play by building with three defenders. And we do often defend with four defenders.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s always easy to say \u2018system this, system that.\u2019 But, in the end, it\u2019s always adaptable in the game. There\u2019s no situation where the system is always the same in the game. In that way of being flexible and in the structure we have to find a way to get everything right and make everything happen.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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