Ruben Amorim given brutal Man Utd verdict with two ex-stars in agreement

Ruben Amorim has already taken complaint of 18 games arsenic Manchester United manager pursuing his determination from Sporting Lisbon successful mid-November but it hasn't been plain sailing

Former Manchester United players Owen Hargreaves and Robbie Savage person some issued a damning verdict connected Ruben Amorim's commencement to beingness astatine Old Trafford.

Amorim, 40, has had a engaged archetypal 2 months since his determination from Sporting Lisbon, which acceptable United backmost a chill €11million (£9.25m). The Portuguese coach's grounds aft 18 games stands astatine 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses.

Thursday's 2-0 victory distant to FCSB successful the Europa League marked the archetypal clip that United person won 3 games successful a enactment this season, arsenic Amorim's predecessor, Erik 10 Hag, struggled earlier his bombshell sacking successful October. Before kick-off successful Bucharest, Hargreaves and Savage were asked by presenter Jules Breach to complaint Amorim's United vocation truthful acold connected a standard of 1 to 10.

Hargreaves, who won the Champions League with the Red Devils successful 2008, was up first, brutally replying: "Four, max."

Savage past went adjacent lower, though acknowledged United's awesome results distant to Manchester City and Liverpool successful the Premier League, and past month's stunning FA Cup 3rd circular triumph astatine Arsenal. "The large games... [against] City, done well, [against] Arsenal done well," Savage, who came done United's academy but didn't marque a elder appearance, said earlier adding: "I'll accidental three."

Breach was taken aback, saying: "Wow, harsh critics successful here." She past handed implicit to TNT co-presenter Matt Smith successful different studio. Smith, who was sat adjacent to ex-Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham prima Joe Cole, exclaimed: "Cor, blimey! Tough scoring there, Jules. Four and three!? Cor, adjacent Joe's a spot flabbergasted astatine that."

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Amorim volition present beryllium hoping to physique connected United's tally of 3 victories heading into February, with the Red Devils acceptable to big Crystal Palace astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday. Their triumph successful Romania guaranteed Amorim and Co. a spot successful the Europa League circular of 16, meaning that they won't request to spell done the play-offs aboriginal this month.

"That is monolithic for us. The joyousness of winning, the feeling of winning, but we volition person 2 [free] weeks to enactment connected our thought and to hole for the games," Amorim beamed. "It's truly monolithic for us. We are successful the adjacent stage, we are going to hole for the adjacent stage, but the astir important happening present is to recover. Sunday, we person a crippled with our fans and we person to beryllium acceptable for that."

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