Ruben Amorim’s disastrous first season set to check financially struggling Manchester United’s persistence

Ruben Amorim’s tenure at Manchester United has confirmed to be a catastrophe because the Premier League giants proceed to endure one blow after one other. The newest setback got here within the Europa League closing, the place the
Purple Devils misplaced 1-0 to Tottenham
.

Languishing at sixteenth within the Premier League desk with only one extra recreation to go, United wanted to win the Europa League to return to the Champions League subsequent season and salvage their poor 2024-25 marketing campaign, however Amorim’s crew failed within the mission and the way.

Man United had 16 pictures, 6 on the right track and 74% ball possession, however their recreation lacked tooth and the one purpose of the match got here from Spurs footballer Brennan Johnson because the London membership ended their 17-year trophy drought.

Man United endure trophyless season beneath Amorim

Consequently, Amorim’s United will finish their season trophyless. A minimum of, final season, they received the FA Cup beneath Erik ten Hag, who was sacked to usher in the Portuguese tactician.

Amorim, 40,
joined United in November final yr
after serving to Sporting CP win the Portuguese high division, Primeira Liga, twice, in 2020–21 and 2023–24. On the time of his appointment, Man United have been 14th within the English Premier League with simply three wins of their opening 9 video games.

What has occurred since then? United has slid two spots all the way down to sixteenth and in 26 video games within the Premier League beneath the previous midfielder, they’ve suffered 16 defeats, six alone in December. With Amorim on the helm, Manchester United have solely received six matches and drawn six within the EPL.

🚨 Bruno Fernandes: “I do suppose Rúben Amorim is the precise man for us”.

“I don’t suppose what occurred this season reveals precisely what he’s as a supervisor. I do suppose he’s the precise supervisor for the way forward for this membership”. pic.twitter.com/Yq0JVZU2nI

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Could 21, 2025

The Portuguese tactician has collected 24 factors out of 26 Premier League video games thus far, which comes all the way down to 0.96 factors per match. That is United’s worst-ever Premier League end.

One other stat that exposes United’s frailties beneath Amorim is that they haven’t crushed a non-relegated membership since January, because the membership has struggled to adapt to his 3-4-2-1 system.

Amorm says ‘he is not going to give up’

He has additionally fallen out with gamers like Marcus Rashford and Antony, who’ve made fairly an affect at Aston Villa and Actual Betis, respectively, since leaving on mortgage.

United now face a tricky resolution amid all of the cost-cutting on the membership. They needed to pay $10 million to Ten Hag as compensation for his sacking and will not need to make the identical monetary sacrifice once more.

Amorim has stated that if the membership and followers need to go away him, he would accomplish that
with out compensation
. “On this second, I’m not going to be right here defending myself, it’s not my type,” Amorim informed reporters after the defeat within the Europa League closing. “I can not do it, it’s actually exhausting for me…

“On this second, it’s a little bit of religion. Let’s see. I’m at all times open, if the board and the followers really feel that I’m not the precise man, I’ll go the subsequent day with none dialog about compensation.”

Ruben Amorim provides to go away Manchester United free of charge 😳 pic.twitter.com/PVgKVgKcNf

— GOAL (@purpose) Could 22, 2025

Amorim, nevertheless, additionally added that he’s the precise individual to elevate United out of this abyss. “I do know it’s going to be powerful, I do know we misplaced to an English crew, I do know the strain of the followers goes to be actually brief within the subsequent season. However I assure you I can’t give up, I can’t go away, so I’m actually assured.”

So if Amorim decides to stay round, United can have a giant resolution to make. And if the board goes by what has occurred this season, it’s troublesome to see how they wouldn’t determine to maneuver on from him.