Ruben Amorim has been consistently under scrutiny since he took the job at Man United in November, but the club’s minority owner wants to give him three years to prove himself.
Amorim was among the names that were touted for the Liverpool vacancy, but it never went further than that with Arne Slot already proving the right choice with a title in his debut season.
As for Amorim, he has lost 21 of the 50 games he has overseen at United and led the club to its worst top-flight finish since 1974 last season (15th), 42 points behind Liverpool.
His position has, therefore, come into question across the media, but Sir Jim Ratcliffe is prepared to give the Portuguese manager three years to prove himself – which may delight some!
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“Ruben needs to demonstrate that he is a great coach over three years. That’s where I would be [to give him three years],” he told The Times‘ The Business podcast after an initial deflection on if he would see out the season.
“Football is not overnight. You look at Arteta at Arsenal, he had a miserable time for the first couple of years.
“We have a long-term plan, it isn’t a light switch. You can’t run a club like Manchester United on knee-jerk reactions to some journalist who goes off on one every week.”
It is a result-based business and that has not been something Amorim could hang his hat on, and Ratcliffe does not have the only say.
Though asked what would happen if the Glazers told him to sack Amorim, Ratcliffe responded: “It’s not going to happen.”
There is certainly an argument for giving a manager time, Jurgen Klopp is readily used as the leading example, but United are in trouble due to more than just who their manager is.
The club has been poorly run and their on-field results and performances are a byproduct of that, ensuring Ryan Giggs’ declaration in 2011 that United would “never collapse like Liverpool” was misguided.
Amorim’s side are 10th in the Premier League after seven matches, winning three and losing three, and travel to Anfield in the first game after the international break on October 19.
Their last two visits have ended in draws, but it is about time Liverpool showed their superiority on the scoreboard.
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