Manchester United’s head coach Ruben Amorim reacts in the sideline during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim reacts on the sideline during an English League Cup second round soccer match against Grimsby Town, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, at Hill Blundell Park in Grimsby, England. (Nigel French/PA via AP)
Manchester United’s head coach Ruben Amorim and players walk off the pitch after the Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Manchester United in Manchester, England, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Here’s under-pressure Amorim’s cheeky retort after meeting with Man United hierarchy
MANCHESTER, England (AP) 鈥 Under-pressure Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim joked that he was offered a new contract by Jim Ratcliffe when the club’s co-owner held a meeting following the team’s latest disappointing start to a season.
Manchester United’s head coach Ruben Amorim reacts in the sideline during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
MANCHESTER, England (AP) 鈥 Under-pressure Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim joked that he was offered a new contract by Jim Ratcliffe when the club’s co-owner held a meeting following the team’s latest disappointing start to a season.
Ratcliffe, along with United CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox, visited the training ground on Thursday and spoke to Amorim, who came under renewed fire after a to Manchester City in a derby match.
鈥淎 new contract he was offering me,鈥 Amorim said with a laugh, a nod to his uncomfortable current position.
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鈥淣o, it’s normal things,” he continued, “just to show the support and explaining that it’s a long project. He (Ratcliffe) said many times this is my first season. For me, it’s not.鈥
Amorim said it was one of 鈥渟everal鈥 scheduled meetings he has had with the club’s hierarchy but understands the scrutiny he is under at the start of a campaign when United 鈥 on the back of a 15th-place finish in the Premier League last season 鈥 has only won one of its first four league matches and was eliminated from the English League Cup by .
鈥淭his is the club with (most) pressure, maybe in the world,鈥 Amorim said.
United plays Chelsea on Saturday and Amorim said attackers Matheus Cunha and Mason Mount were available after missing the City game with injuries.
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