The Manchester United dressing room will be majorly unhappy with the latest comments made by manager Ruben Amorim according to former club chief scout Mick Brown.
The Portuguese coach has had an incredibly tough journey so far as United manager, winning just five out of 16 Premier League matches since he took over in November.
United’s horrendous season went from bad to worse as they were knocked out of the FA Cup fifth round on penalties against Fulham last weekend.
What it means is, United have only the Europa League to play for and they will face Real Sociedad in a crunch first leg match in San Sebastian on Thursday of this week.
Amorim has certainly not been shy about United’s problems and before the cup game he claimed that numerous players are aware that they will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
Whilst some pundits and fans have praised Amorim for his honesty and totally distinct approach to previous manager Erik ten Hag on such issues, others believe that it has created a detrimental effect in the changing room.
A former United chief scout and assistant manager, Mick Brown, has told Football Insider that the United squad is reeling from the manager’s latest brutally honest comments.
Brown claimed, “it’s going to be catastrophic for the dressing room morale. You’re essentially telling the players that they’re not wanted and are dispensable.”
“Even if that’s true, you don’t have to say it, it’s just ridiculous.”
He argued that Amorim is just piling on more negativity to a squad that is already full of it and that the objective should be the opposite, to foster a positive atmosphere in the club.
“Since Amorim came to Man United, that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. Almost every week he’s got a new criticism of the players and their abilities. The whole thing is a shambles, it doesn’t stack up in any way, shape or form.”
The former scout also stated that it was inappropriate to tell players that they will be leaving half way through the season and that he could not expect them to give 100% once they know they are no longer part of the project by the end of the season.
This is not the first time that Amorim has been so brutally honest about his players as he claimed that he was in charge of possibly the worst United team in history.
There is also the argument that Man United’s players have had numerous chances to prove themselves and that no problem has ever really been solved by axing the managers. It is obvious that Amorim needs many different players to make an unbalanced squad function and especially a different profile of players to fit his 3-4-3 formation.
Therefore, it could be stated that Amorim is just sensibly articulating a fact that everyone seems to know needs to happen at the club in what will be a long journey back to the top of English football.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
