Ruben Amorim has now misplaced seven of the 15 matches he has managed as Manchester United boss. Now a membership legend has delivered judgement in a comparability with former supervisor Erik Ten Hag.
Manchester United’s tough season took one other blow with a 3-1 house defeat to Brighton, which led to sturdy criticism from Premier League legend Alan Shearer.
Shearer, talking on The Relaxation is Soccer present, steered that beneath Amorim, the group has worsened much more in comparison with their struggles beneath Erik ten Hag, regardless of a managerial change meant to enhance their type.
The Portuguese supervisor has used a system with three to 5 defenders, however Shearer believes it doesn’t swimsuit the group. He mentioned, “They’re really worse now than they had been beneath Ten Hag due to what this supervisor needs to do together with his system. The gamers simply can’t do it.”
Co-hosts Gary Lineker and Micah Richards additionally joined the dialogue, questioning if Amorim ought to change his method to raised match the gamers. Richards warned that forcing gamers right into a system that doesn’t swimsuit them might result in failure for Manchester United.
Amorim’s time in cost has introduced solely three wins in 11 league matches, leaving the group thirteenth within the Premier League, only one spot increased than when Ten Hag was fired.
After the loss to Brighton, Amorim admitted the group’s poor type, calling them “the worst group within the historical past of Manchester United” and mentioned, “I’m saying that as a result of we’ve to acknowledge it and alter it. We’re breaking all of the dangerous information.”
The defeat to Brighton marked Manchester United’s worst house file in 131 years, including to the stress on Amorim to search out options shortly, or threat damaging his status and the membership’s legacy additional.