Ratcliffe visit not Man Utd crisis meeting, says Amorim

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said talks this week with the club’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe was not a situation gathering contempt a mediocre commencement to the season.

United person taken conscionable 4 points from their opening 4 Premier League games and were dumped retired of the League Cup successful embarrassing manner by 4th tier Grimsby.

Amorim has won conscionable 8 of his 31 Premier League matches since taking complaint successful November, but the erstwhile Sporting Lisbon brag said Ratcliffe reassured him that United stay committed to a semipermanent project.

“A caller contract,” Amorim joked erstwhile asked astir the taxable of his gathering with British billionaire Ratcliffe.

“No, it is mean things, conscionable to amusement the enactment and explaining that it is simply a agelong project.”

United finished 15th successful the Premier League past play — their lowest last presumption successful the top-flight since 1973-74 — and blew a accidental to suffice for the Champions League erstwhile they mislaid the Europa League last to Tottenham.

Despite the dismal results, Amorim reiterated his content that United are improving and conscionable request to beryllium much ruthless astatine some ends of the pitch.

“This is shot astatine the nine with possibly much unit successful the world, but we privation to win,” helium added.

“I deliberation past twelvemonth I was precise captious of the mode we play. I deliberation we are playing good until the boxes, defending and attacking, we request to beryllium much assertive successful the boxes. We request to beryllium much clinical.

“The remainder I deliberation we are improving compared to past year, I deliberation we are successful a amended place. But again, we request to win, we mislaid against Arsenal and (Manchester) City, and here, losing, particularly successful the opening aft past season, is simply a problem.”

United look different pugnacious trial erstwhile Chelsea sojourn Old Trafford connected Saturday, but Amorim has much options disposable arsenic Mason Mount and Matheus Cunha instrumentality from injury.

AFP

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