Seven reasons for Man Utd to be POSITIVE after Ruben Amorim blasts flops as ‘worst team in history’

RUBEN AMORIM reckons this could beryllium the worst squad successful Manchester United's history.

The Portuguese, 39, pulled nary punches aft the Red Devils' 3-1 location decision to Brighton.

Following the loss, United's sixth successful 12 Prem location games this season, Amorim said: "We are being the worst squad possibly successful the past of Manchester United.

“I cognize you privation headlines but I americium saying that due to the fact that we person to admit that and alteration that. So determination you go, your headline."

These comments travel hardly 2 weeks aft Amorim admitted that relegation this play is simply a "possibility".

So yes, things look beauteous bleak for United fans - but fearfulness not! Here are 7 reasons to stay positive, arsenic cobbled unneurotic by SunSport.

AMAD DIALLO

The Ivorian winger has unquestionably been United's brightest spark this season.

His performances since Amorim's accomplishment person made it look frankly laughable that helium wasn't a nailed-on starter nether Erik 10 Hag.

Goals against Manchester City and Liverpool, arsenic good arsenic Thursday night's hat-trick vs Southampton, enactment arsenic wide grounds that the 22-year-old could go a special, peculiar subordinate for United.

OLD TRAFFORD'S NEW FUTURE

Okay, truthful Old Trafford has intelligibly seen amended days. It's dated, it's rusting, it has plumbing problems and fans support spotting mice and rats hanging about.

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But interest not, changes are astir the corner! A Task Force acceptable up by Sir Jim Ratcliffe has "completed its archetypal feasibility enactment into options for a caller oregon redeveloped stadium" - brill!

A determination connected whether to springiness Old Trafford a important look lift, oregon to physique a caller £2bn 100,000-seater stadium, is expected to beryllium reached by the summer.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOPES (YES, REALLY)

Man Utd are 13th successful the Prem array - 12th points down rivals City successful fourth.

But the bookies reckon they person a large accidental of qualifying for adjacent season's Champions League.

That's due to the fact that incredibly, the Red Devils are joint-favourites to triumph the Europa League... alongside Tottenham, who are adjacent little successful the Premier League astatine 15th.

BIG TIME CHARLIES

Man Utd person failed to bushed Ipswich, Wolves, West Ham, Crystal Palace and the aforementioned Spurs this season.

But they person performed amended against immoderate of the bigger teams, which whitethorn bode good for large Europa League tests to come.

The Red Devils precocious dumped Arsenal retired of the FA Cup astatine the Emirates, grabbed a precise utile constituent against Liverpool astatine Anfield and bushed Manchester City with 2 past gasp strikes astatine the Etihad.

RIGHTING WRONGS

The Red Devils person forked retired astonishing sums of wealth successful caller years; from handing Marcus Rashford a £325,000-a-week contract, to inexplicably spending £85.5million connected Antony.

Under their caller Ineos overlords, however, the 1 accusation you can't level astatine United is that they haven't tried to tighten their purse-strings, often to the ire of their fans.

With Antony reportedly nearing a indebtedness exit, and Rashford perchance connected his way, however, akin mistakes whitethorn beryllium eradicated successful future.

STICKING TO THE PLAN

"Nobody panics if things are going according to plan, adjacent if the program is horrifying," said The Joker successful 1 of the astir memorable Batman quotes.

And Man Utd fans who panicked nether the erstwhile authorities whitethorn beryllium encouraged to present the clarity with which Ruben Amorim said his squad volition instrumentality to his benignant of play nary substance how overmuch the players "suffer".

That's a stark opposition to Erik 10 Hag, who didn't instrumentality agelong to admit that the Red Devils flops could never play the benignant which earned him a glowing estimation astatine Ajax.

AGENT RUUD

Last... and let's look it, astir apt least, is the occupation that nine fable Ruud van Nistelrooy is doing astatine Leicester, since being appointed determination pursuing his stint arsenic Man Utd caretaker.

Amorim admitted that relegation is simply a "possibility" for his broadside earlier this month.

But with Leicester having mislaid 7 games successful a enactment nether Van Nistelrooy, United being dragged into a dogfight looks unlikely!