I considered quitting ─ Amorim as he admitted questions were considered over his future
Poised to celebrate one-year at Old Trafford, Ruben Amorim has conceded that he questioned his stay at the Manchester United.
Manchester United have recorded five victories in their last seven league games and currently sit sixth on the log as the club prepare to face Nottingham Forest on 1st Saturday, 2025.
United ended in 15th position and lost in the final of UEFA Europa League to Tottenham Hotspur at Bilbao in Spain last season, but hoping to do a lot better during ongoing campaign.
Amorim Has Conceded He Considered Quitting
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has conceded that he considered quitting his job amid challenges during his first year at Old Trafford.
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
Amorim is poised to mark his first anniversary at the club since becoming The Red Devils’ coach November, last year, as United travel to Nottingham Forest in a bid to sit within the top-four teams.
The Portuguese tactician has been faced with 12-month challenges since joining United from Sporting CP, ending last season fifteenth and losing in the final of the Europa League.
Earlier this season, Manchester United endured a difficult start─winning just one out of five games─which had prompted him to consider his future at the club.
“It’s hard to say that. Sometimes, in some moments,” he said.
“There were some moments that were tough to deal with, to lose so many games. That was so hard for me because this is Manchester United.
“The position that we had in the last year, putting all the attention on the Europa League and not winning. That was massive.
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
“I had some moments that I struggled a lot and I was thinking that maybe it’s not meant to be.
“Today is the opposite. So you can write this one. Today I feel and I know that was the best decision in my life. I want to be here but for that I need to win against Nottingham Forest.”
At the moment. Amorim is enjoying his best moment at the club as his side have won five of their seven league games, which include wins of Chelsea and Liverpool, to sit six on the EPL table, without a high hope of gaining European football spot at the end of the season.
Howbeit, Amorim is so skeptical about stating that his tough times, at the club, are over.
“It’s hard to say. We need to think positively, but we also need to be prepared that football is [up and down]. And we are not that team that I can say to you, no, no, no.
“Now we can lose here or there, but we are going to maintain. I trust in my players more. I think they trust me more. That will come with wins.
‘And you can sense that because everyone now is saying that, how connected they are and they believe in the manager.
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
“It’s about winning games. It didn’t change a lot because against Arsenal, I saw the same team, so I don’t know.
“I think that we are in a better place, but it’s also really good to be always with that feeling and prepare that something can change. If we have that feeling, we’ll pay attention to the details and we’ll maintain that course of our path.
“I can say that we are a better team in this moment, and we feel that and we know that, and that can help us to overcome better the bad moments.”
Amorim On Dyche’s Assertion
Manchester United Ruben Amorim has responded to Sean Dyche’s assertion that he’d perform better and win trophies, utilising 4-4-2 formation, at United should he be made their manager.
Upon leaving his managerial role in August, Dyche said: “I may get hammered for it, but I bet I could win more games with that squad playing a 4-4-2.”
The ex-Everton coach also went on to throw weight behind Amorim and stated that he should be given more time to establish himself as the a coach.
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
But on Thursday, Amorim replied when questioned during the pre-match conference: “First of all, maybe it is true that if we play in a 4-4-2 we won more games. But I always say that I have a way of playing that is going to take a while and then in the future it is going to be better.
“We don’t know that. I can look at Sean Dyche as a manager and a pundit. If you are a pundit and you don’t say very strong things, I don’t want to watch you. I am the same.
“I can completely understand that it is a different job. I know Sean Dyche is smart and he knows how to play the game.
“He understands that there is one thing seeing the game and talking about it. It is another thing to coach a team.”
Amorim has just reacted to Sean Dyche’s August remark.
However on the other hand, Dyche also speaking on Thursday said his remark was not to question Amorim as a person and that “clickbait kills everything, it changes the whole story”.
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
He added: “They said, ‘What would be a fair timeline?’ and I said, ‘Half a season to continue the work he was doing’ but unfortunately, that doesn’t make the story, we all know that.
“For the points tally, I was suggesting maybe the basics would have worked better. They have changed their style, fair play to him, his coaching staff, the players. They have changed their style, not necessarily their beliefs, but just their style.
“They are being a bit quicker to play forwards and longer, a bit tighter and getting back into their shape. That’s management, that’s coaching.
“That doesn’t mean he’s changed his whole philosophy, it just means he’s adapting it to the challenge that’s right in front of him. Fair play to him.”
I Considered Quitting ─ Amorim
