Even after a 3-0 crushing defeat by Manchester City in their Premier League clash, Manchester United’s Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim insists on maintaining the style his team is implementing on the field.
The disaster in the EPL in this season, with only four points from four matches so far, compelled one of the club’s owners Jim Ratcliffe to visit the team’s training ground at Carrington and have a discussion on the 3-4-3 formation Amorim has been continuing.
But the Portuguese coach remained adamant as replying to the media about his formation, Amorim claimed, “Even the Pope cannot change my tactics! This is my job, this is my responsibility, this is my life. So, I will not change that. There will be an evolution, but we need to take all the good steps. If I’m a player and I have a coach that, with a lot of pressure and all around the world they are saying ‘you need to change the system’ – if I change in this moment, the players will look at me in a different way.”
Amorim seems still optimistic about the team’s revival in the EPL. He claimed, “I am trying to get the best connections to play better and, in the end, to win points. It is all about belief, confidence, and aggression. We are playing well, but something is going to go wrong in some moments. We need to change that, but it’s just with wins.”
However, Amorim’s refusal to shift formation leaves him under huge pressure heading into another crunch week. Manchester United are languishing near the bottom of the table despite Ratcliffe and INEOS’s £240 million summer spend, while unsettled high-profile players like Rashford, Sancho, and Antony were offloaded. Unless results turn around quickly, the Portuguese coach risks losing both the dressing room and his job at Old Trafford.
