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Ruben Amorim has been sacked by Manchester United this morning, as confirmed by the ever-reliable David Ornstein.
Darren Fletcher will now take the reins on an interim basis.
The Portuguese coach’s tenure comes to an end after 14 months, during which he managed 47 league games.
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In that time, Amorim oversaw 15 wins, 13 draws and a whopping 19 losses. He guided United to their lowest-ever Premier League finish on record last season when they sat 15th-placed upon the culmination of 2024/2025.
United rounded off that same campaign with a dismal showing in the Europa League final. They lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur, who finished 17th in the league that season, in Bilbao, setting in stone that they would not be playing any form of European football in 2025/2026.
Such tumultuous form has only continued what would’ve been Amorim’s first full season in the dugout. United are only three points adrift of the top four, but have dropped points to teams ranked 16th or below in the table (Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leeds United) in the last two matches.
They sustained defeats to a 10-man Everton side at home, lost 3-1 to Brentford, and were knocked out of the Carabao Cup at the earliest stage following a calamitous defeat to League Two Grimsby Town back in August.
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In the aftermath of Sunday’s 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Leeds United, Amorim appeared to hit out at the hierarchy, saying in his post-match press conference: “I am not going to quit. I am going to do my job until another guy comes here to replace me. I am going to be the manager of this team, not just the coach. That is going to finish in 18 months and then everyone is going to move on. I came here to be the manager.”
Subsequent reports suggested that tensions were indeed growing between Amorim and Sporting Director Jason Wilcox, and, after meetings held earlier today, INEOS have come to the conclusion that his time at United has run its course.
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