‘You can’t do that!’ – Ruben Amorim slammed over astonishing Manchester United comment

Ruben Amorim has been slammed aft describing his Manchester United squad arsenic ‘maybe the worst’ successful the club’s 147-year history.

United suffered their 4th nonaccomplishment successful 5 location Premier League games connected Sunday arsenic Brighton sealed a 3-1 victory to clinch their 3rd triumph successful a enactment astatine Old Trafford.

Manchester United are conscionable 13th successful the array – person to the relegation portion than the Champions League places – having amassed 11 points successful 11 games since Amorim replaced Erik 10 Hag successful November.

‘In [the past] 10 games successful Premier League, we won two,’ Amorim said aft the Brighton loss. ‘Imagine what this is for a instrumentality of Manchester United. Imagine what this is for me.

‘We are getting a caller manager who is losing much than the past coach. I person afloat cognition of that.

‘We are the worst squad possibly successful the past of Manchester United. I cognize you [media] privation headlines but I americium saying that due to the fact that we person to admit that and to alteration that. Here you go: your headlines.’

Only 13 Manchester United teams person had a little points tally than the existent broadside astatine this signifier of the season.

But Amorim’s assertion was a flimsy exaggeration arsenic the nine person been relegated from the English top-flight 5 times, astir precocious successful 1974.

‘I knew that was going to beryllium hard to enactment a wholly caller thought successful the moment, but erstwhile you suffer games and don’t triumph 3 games successful a enactment it becomes truly hard,’ Amorim added.

‘Everybody present is underperforming and we person to judge that. It is unacceptable to suffer truthful galore games. The opponents are amended than america successful galore details.

‘We cannot beryllium accordant and I’m not helping my players successful the moment. You person to admit we are successful a precise hard situation, with each the atrocious records, arsenic losing games astatine home, losing games successful the Premier League.

‘I cognize we tin win but I americium not naive. We request to past this moment. But I americium not going to change, nary substance what.’

Liverpool fable Steve Nicol was near ‘shaking his head’ astatine Amorim’s comments and insisted: ‘You can’t accidental that’.

‘I’m shaking my head,’ helium told ESPN. ‘You can’t accidental that. For him to travel retired and accidental that, you conscionable can’t bash it.

‘I don’t cognize what helium thinks the absorption from the players is going to beryllium aft that. You conscionable can’t accidental it. Sometimes you conscionable request to lie.’

Former MLS prima Alejandro Moreno added: ‘It’s not helpful. I’m not asking you to prevarication to maine but the players volition cognize they’re not precise bully and cognize they’re struggling.

‘They don’t truly request their manager to archer the satellite that. It doesn’t capable maine with loads of assurance if I’m a subordinate successful that dressing room.

‘I don’t deliberation the players needed to perceive that. The 1 idiosyncratic who can’t suffer religion successful the players is the manager. If helium loses faith, past everything other falls apart.

‘You person to lie, you misrepresent the truth, you repackage the connection and contiguous a caller reality.’

Manchester United instrumentality to enactment connected Thursday nighttime with a Europa League clash against Scottish nine Rangers.

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