Ruben Amorim told Manchester United star’s form is ‘unacceptable’

Ruben Amorim has been told the signifier of 1 of his cardinal Manchester United players is ‘unacceptable’.

The problems are piling up for Amorim, who has endured a mostly dismal archetypal mates of months successful the occupation since replacing Erik 10 Hag successful November.

Barring a fewer promising results – similar the 2-2 gully with Liverpool and FA Cup triumph implicit Arsenal – Manchester United person got adjacent worse nether the 39-year-old, who near Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon to take implicit the beleaguered Premier League giants.

United person mislaid 5 of their past 7 Premier League games to gaffe 14 points extracurricular the Champions League spots and conscionable 10 points supra the relegation zone.

The club’s latest decision came astatine the hands of Brighton, who won astatine Old Trafford for the 3rd clip successful a enactment connected Sunday, winning 3-1.

Andre Onana made a howler during the humbling defeat and ex-Manchester United striker Louis Saha says the goalkeeper’s performances person been ‘unacceptable’.

United spent implicit £40m to motion Cameroon goalkeeper Onana from Inter Milan successful 2023 but the Champions League finalist has blown blistery and acold astatine Old Trafford, making respective high-profile mistakes.

‘There is simply a request for each subordinate astatine Manchester United – isolated from Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo – to consciousness threatened with competition,’ Saha told Paddy Power.

‘No 1 has shown that they merit thing successful the adjacent game. The manager tin situation and criticise them due to the fact that it’s not bully enough.

‘The backbone of this team, from the backmost 4 to the centre forwards, it’s truthful important that they don’t marque mistakes.

‘Unless you tin warrant that you’re not going to marque mistakes, you should not beryllium considered arsenic a guaranteed starter successful immoderate position. None of those players should beryllium guaranteed anything.

‘If you don’t person a assured goalkeeper helium has to beryllium challenged. Those performances are unacceptable, it’s not normal!’

While Onana does not look similar a semipermanent No. 1 for Manchester United, ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart believes helium has been ‘failed’ by his team-mates.

‘I consciousness for Andre Onana. He volition beryllium questioned, and they volition beryllium reasoning astir what’s champion for the squad moving forward,’ Hart told Stadium Astro.

‘But they did bring a goalkeeper successful who’s precise comfy successful playing retired successful the Ajax system. Under Erik 10 Hag helium was excellent. Inter Milan, a league winner, a Champions League finalist.

‘But he’s a strategy goalkeeper and helium would person been assured by Ten Hag erstwhile helium signed that erstwhile you play with me, you’re going to person astatine slightest 3 options and past the worst/best lawsuit volition beryllium that everyone volition person a immense property and you’ll beryllium capable to driblet it into the beforehand man.

‘I’m not seeing a squad successful beforehand of him who are making each the effort to play and to amusement for him. I’m seeing people’s backs. I’m not seeing the vigor to get adjacent to him to make the press.

‘The ambiance successful the stadium erstwhile helium gets the shot astatine his feet is not assured and that’s not needfully down to him, that’s down to the players astir him.

‘He’s not been covering himself successful glory, but I tin spot wherefore helium looks hesitant connected the ball.’

When asked if the different United players had ‘failed’ Onana, Hart replied: ‘I deliberation the full team, the manager, everyone’s failing him.

‘If you privation to beryllium a squad that plays retired it needs to beryllium 11 men, 12 including the coach, that privation to play that way.

‘At the moment, I spot a feline who wants to play football, puts his ft connected the shot and erstwhile helium did that astatine the different teams wherever he’s been successful, he’s had endless options.

‘At Manchester United, he’s conscionable seen unsighted alleyways and yet having to lump it long. That’s not Manchester United, that’s not what they’re acceptable up to bash and that’s wherefore the possession perpetually gets turned over.

‘You could bring idiosyncratic successful but being a bully goalkeeper who plays retired from the backmost is not idiosyncratic whose got each the passes. It’s being capable to beryllium portion of a system. It’s much unit connected Amorim.’

Onana volition anticipation to bounce backmost from his Brighton blunder connected Thursday nighttime erstwhile Manchester United look Rangers successful the Europa League.

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