The Man United tension behind the scenes that broke Ruben Amorim relationship

Key Highlights

• Amorim spoke out privately before he spoke out publicly.
• He wanted to make big signings now, especially given Antoine Semenyo’s planned role and a midfield overhaul, to ensure Champions League football.
• The Portuguese manager is also said to have preferred Ollie Watkins in the summer. United wanted to maintain a more strategic approach, and not constantly be driven by the short term, with signings only made that allowed tactical variability.
• It all played into a situation where Amorim’s time as head coach – not manager, despite his protestations – was much shorter than anyone had planned. Wilcox and the rest of the hierarchy found the situation was “unsustainable”. How that came about, and what happens next, will tell a lot about the kind of club they are actually going to be under Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s leadership; whether this cycle of doom will finally be broken. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThis football leadership have now got three major decisions wrong.
• There was the new contract for Erik ten Hag.