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Manchester United head coach Reuben Amorim has overseen the club’s embarrassing descent along the Premier League table, but continues to be backed by the club’s hierarchy.<\/h2>\n
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11:05, September 29, 2025<\/span>Updated 11:11, September 29, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/span>Reuben Amorim’s miserable record continued at Brentford<\/span>(Image: Vince Mignott\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
If this season was meant to be the launchpad for Manchester United’s great comeback, the wait continues.<\/p>\n
Despite spending more than \u00a3200 million in the summer and bringing a whole new offense to bring a very, very scarce goalscoring threat to his side in last season’s unprecedented Premier League campaign, the Red Devils continue to reflect on defeat rather than building a victory.<\/p>\n
Pressure continues to apply to Reuben Amorim. Saturday’s latest inverse, the 3-1 failure at Brentford, is another showcase of his stubbornness and changes from Plan A.<\/p>\n
read more: Man UTD creates a fresh midfield transfer plan after private Carlos Valleva’s decision<\/span><\/span>read more: Gary Neville calls Reuben Amorim directly in rating dull man utd – “Unacceptable”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
The proposal from Old Trafford is that ahead of the newly promoted meeting with Sunderland this weekend and the upcoming international break, the Portuguese will continue to maintain their board support and there are no alternatives lined up.<\/p>\n
However, his tenure at Old Trafford is likely to take some time as Amorim has scored just 34 points from 33 top flight matches since taking over from Erik Ten Hag.<\/p>\n
John Cross<\/h3>\n
Chief football writer<\/p>\n
It’s plenty – time to go.<\/p>\n
Amorim looks terrifying from his depths, when Manchester United kicked him out of misery.<\/p>\n
I absolutely hate seeing managers lose their jobs and I am the one who has said United should give Amorim time, otherwise they are trapped in vicious circles and bags, hire and repeat. But his latest defeat at Brentford summed it all up. They looked like unruddered ships paralyzed by stupid formations and systems that didn’t suit these players.<\/p>\n
The most notable thing about all of this is how the fans gave him so much support and support. They are incredible. And you can’t question the support of the board either. Their summer costs are massive and everything is designed to support Amorim’s failed tactical work. I am now admiring their loyalty.<\/p>\n
But his record is shocking. He will be responsible for nine wins from 33 Premier League matches. Their season began was miserable. They struggled to beat Burnley and got over the line with 10 Chelsea.<\/p>\n
They just delay the inevitable. Amorim seems like a good person. But he looks lost. It simply isn’t working, so now United is at risk of amortizing another season.<\/p>\n
The only thing that’s putting him into work now is that there probably isn’t a clear alternative. You should have it. Maybe they should leave it until an international break – but it’s time to act.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/span>Manchester United will continue to struggle badly under Reuben Amorim after losing at Brentford on Saturday <\/span>(Image: Photo: Andrew Kearns – Camerasport via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jeremy Cross<\/h3>\n
Chief sports writer<\/p>\n
Reuben Amorim has to go. And if the Manchester United boss isn’t planning now to find a replacement for him, trick it more.<\/p>\n
You don’t need a genius to solve the fact that Amorim and United are not working. And never do that.<\/p>\n
He appears to have lost his dressing room and does not seem to have the player quality to fit his strict system, and is too stubborn to change his methods and tactics. United haven’t gotten better in the 10 months he’s in charge. He hasn’t improved his single player.<\/p>\n
And this is the worst stat of all of the time, considering he hasn’t won consecutive league games.<\/p>\n
Amorim is a great guy. But United need a winner – not a person they like.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/span>Soccer Director Jason Wilcox and United CEO Omar Bellada are not without responsibility<\/span>(Image: Catherine Yville – Ama, Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
David McDonnell<\/h3>\n
Chief Manchester United Writer<\/p>\n
If the hierarchy of Ir Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester United have not devised a plan to inherit Reuben Amorim, they are burying their heads in the sand to harm the club.<\/p>\n
Simply put, Amorim’s gambling failed spectacularly and it was time to embrace that reality, but embarrassingly ended his unfortunate tenure and appointed an alternative head coach.<\/p>\n
Amorim’s nine wins from 33 Premier League matches, as well as a pathetic 34-point distance from the possible 99, is vulnerable and there is no clear indication that things are improving, as evidenced by Meek 3-1 surrender on Saturday.<\/p>\n
United have scored seven points this season from 18, losing three times already. After four defeats in nine last semester, 10 hugs were fired, and Amorim is heading just like his predecessor.<\/p>\n
Defeat isn’t the only thing he’s doing for Amorim. Even two league wins were unconvinced. Against Burnley, they should have gone out of sight at halftime, but stayed twice before a 97-minute penalty was needed to seal the 3-2 victory. It’s a similar story against 10 Chelsea, leading 2-0 before Casemiro’s fired stumbled for a narrow 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n
Amorim’s charisma and Kandor are refreshing, but under him he cannot hide United’s clear regression. Within United there is despair, especially from CEO Omar Bellada, to turn things around.<\/p>\n
However, there is no shame in admitting that the decision is a mistake and that it will move crucially quickly to correct it.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/span>Is the unified side under another manager doing better than the Amorim lineup?<\/span>(Image: Ash Donelon\/Manchester United Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Stephen Railston<\/h3>\n
Manchester United author<\/p>\n
With only six games in the Premier League season, I hate to say that Amorim should be fired, but protecting his future is beginning to feel like it’s slowing down what’s inevitable.<\/p>\n
The town of Grimsby’s blunder was a shocking new low. The defeat in the Manchester Derby was embarrassing. The mood improved after Chelsea, but Amorim failed to win his first consecutive league match against Brentford.<\/p>\n
To turn United around, Amorim needed a roaring success story, but he couldn’t win two games with bounce. All signs now point to Amorim losing his job in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
I understand their logic to give Amorim more time. United have been so supportive of him in the summer window and now that he’s come this far, is the game he’s in charge likely causing several more games?<\/p>\n
The looting of Amorims is also reflected badly in Bellada and Wilcox, which should be scrutinized if Amorims are x.<\/p>\n
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