Ruben Amorim again addressed concerns about the attitude of Manchester United\u2019s younger players on Friday, singling out members of the academy as \u201centitled\u201d and saying none had come to his office to discuss his earlier comments. The manager made the remarks ahead of Sunday\u2019s trip to Aston Villa and defended his broader message about standards within the club.<\/p>\n
Bruno Fernandes\u2019 recent interview also featured in the discussion. Amorim confirmed the 31-year-old had spoken to officials before conducting the interview, the manager noting the captain \u201csaid what he is feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amorim pointed to the reaction from some academy graduates after he previously questioned standards. Chido Obi and Harry Amass posted pictures on social media celebrating individual successes after suggestions they were not meeting the standards required to be a Man Utd player.<\/p>\n
Amorim said his intent was not to be negative but that the players\u2019 responses illustrated a wider cultural problem. \u201cSometimes strong words is not bad words, sometimes difficult moments is not the bad things for the kids,\u201d Amorim said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don’t need to be always with accolades in everything in every situation, we are not helping. That’s why when you guys talk about a lot of players nowadays that they go against the clubs and everything happened because they feel entitlement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have that feeling all the time that we need to fight against this feeling. Sometimes I’m the first one to say that I’m failing this club inside the pitch, I have that feeling we are not performing the way we should be but outside the pitch, I guarantee you I’m not failing to this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s something in our club, and we talk about the players sometimes forget about what it means to play for Manchester United. We as a club sometimes forget who we are and that’s that’s the feeling that I have. I understand everything is the environment, is the moment of the players, the kids they feel entitled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey feel free to respond to the manager with a picture, my office is open, nobody is coming to talk to me. And that is the way we can solve things. I think we need to change first as a club and then everything is going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the reaction to his remarks he added: \u201cI didn’t say anything wrong. I just spoke about how the luck of playing for Manchester United,\u201d he continued. \u201cSometimes you play for Manchester United and you go see different realities and you understand that football can be so different and that you are really lucky to be in Manchester United.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was my point but, again, let’s move on and with the time that I think these things will change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Off the field Amorim is also trying to secure more consistent performances. United are sixth in the Premier League, an improvement on last season, but they continue to frustrate, most recently in Monday\u2019s 4\u20134 draw with Bournemouth, a game in which they surrendered a 2\u20131 lead to trail 3\u20132, went 4\u20133 up and then conceded a late equaliser to Eli Junior Kroupi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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