Amorim’s Time At United So Far

When Ruben Amorim signed in as the new Manchester United manager in November, there was a sense of optimism he was the young and successful boss the club needed to finally start moving towards being the team everyone believes they can be. After several months in charge, you could argue that not much has changed, with United down in 13^th in the league.

There’s no doubt that Amorim has the credentials of a top football coach. The forty-year-old Portuguese manager was hugely successful in his native Portugal, winning the league twice with Sporting, the league cup on three occasions, twice with Sporting and once with Braga, and the Portuguese Super Cup with Sporting. It led to him being linked with jobs at some of the world’s biggest clubs, and he eventually decided Manchester United was the move to make.

At the time of writing, Amorim has overseen thirteen Premier League games, with United claiming four wins. They’ve won all their games in Europe, and they’ve just scraped past Leicester City in the fourth round of the FA Cup after being 1-0 down. There have been some notable wins, with victories over local rivals Manchester City in the league and Arsenal in the FA Cup. However, there’s still a feeling that the results and performances are short of what’s expected of a team that should win, according to Premier League betting online.

Since arriving at the club, Amorim has set standards high in training, and this saw Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford left out, the latter consistently. While Garnacho forced his way back into the reckoning, Rashford was shipped out on loan to Aston Villa, with his future now in doubt. It’s a sign that Amorim has a vision for the club, and he’s not willing to deviate from his vision. He believes by suffering now, better times will arrive, and if this turns out to be the case, he will rightly be lauded.

It was known that Amorim wanted to stick with the 3-4-3 system that served him so well at Sporting and made them the dominant force in Portuguese football. His stubbornness to deviate from this has been questioned at times because it’s not yielding the results or performances, but Amorim has been through this process before. He knows the system and knows that when he has the personnel required, the picture could look a lot different.

Ultimately, this will be the deciding factor on how Amorim’s time so far is judged. He’s a manager with firm beliefs and non-negotiables, and he will stick with them until things start to go right, regardless of the time it takes and the suffering involved. However, to some, United need better results and performances in the short term. So it will come down to who adjusts first – Amorim or the players to his specific system. But as for his time so far, many will be disappointed.