Ruben Amorim is under huge pressure at Manchester United and has received some heavy criticism from pundits and former players like Wayne Rooney after the derby defeat
Kai Rooney and Wayne Rooney during Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on October 07, 2024 in London, England.
Kai Rooney is following in his father Wayne's footsteps at Manchester United
Wayne Rooney has admitted that his role as a pundit could mean some awkward encounters with Ruben Amorim at the Manchester United training ground this season. Rooney has been heavily critical of the United boss following their 3-0 defeat by Manchester City and may come face to face with Amorim in the coming weeks.
Amorim is under huge pressure at United after his side were thrashed in the derby on Sunday. Mirror Football understands the next three games will be crucial to determining his future with the club after they made their worst start to the season since 1992/93, having taken just four points from their opening four Premier League games.
United legend Rooney is one of many pundits and former players to slam Amorim for failing to make any improvements since arriving last November. The Portuguese boss has won just eight of his 31 league games in charge and Rooney feels he has no choice but to say what he’s seeing.
That is despite his 15-year-old son Kai playing for the club and Klay, 12, also being involved in the United academy. Rooney regularly visits Carrington to drop off and collect his eldest sons and knows that his opinions could land him in hot water at the club.
“Me more than anyone, I want to see the club doing well. We have to be honest and that’s the difficulty we have. I was speaking with Rio [Ferdinand] yesterday on this,” he explained on The Wayne Rooney Show.
“We want to support the team, we want to support the manager as best we can, but we also have to be honest as well because the fans are not fools and we have to give our honest opinion on what we're seeing.
“And that does put us in uncomfortable positions at times. Rio was out in Chicago with the team for pre-season. Obviously I go into the training ground quite a lot with my children. It does put us in an uncomfortable position but we have to be honest with what we're seeing. And frankly it’s just not good enough.”
Ruben Amorim
Ruben Amorim is under mounting pressure at Manchester United
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner, former England head coach Gareth Southgate, Fulham's Marco Silva, Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola and USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino are among the candidates who could replace Amorim.
“It's very difficult to sit here and say we're seeing progression and at least we're seeing things that will get results in the near future,” Rooney added. “We're seeing none of that and it's very difficult. There was an image towards the end of the game where I saw the Manchester United fans leaving.
Wayne Rooney speaks on The Wayne Rooney Show
Wayne Rooney feels he has no choice but to criticise Ruben Amorim
“I think that's so powerful that the United fans were leaving the game. You know the game is over and I think they were very disappointed in what they were seeing. What are the patterns? What are we seeing that might improve the team moving forward?
"I think after last year, when Erik ten Hag got sacked and Ruben came in, we're hearing how they're going to play and it is going to change. I think if the manager is honest with himself, it's got worse."
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