Damning new inside information about Ruben Amorim’s conduct during Manchester United training sessions has now emerged. The Red Devils are enduring their worst-ever start to a Premier League campaign, following a 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Saturday afternoon.
Since replacing Erik ten Hag in November last year, the former Sporting boss has yet to find any rub of the green at Old Trafford. He has failed to win back-to-back games across his eight-month tenure and holds a win percentage that is the worst of any United manager since before the Second World War.
Up until this point, the 40-year-old has carried himself like a manager who declared this was the worst side in the club’s history within weeks of getting the job - and then proved it by steering them to 15th place.
His pessimism, coupled with his reluctance to admit his tactics are exacerbating the situation, has left him going down with a rudderless ship. Now, reports of his character in training only reinforce the sense that he is operating on borrowed time.
Ruben Amorim Described as 'Lonely Man' by Carrington Insiders
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United currently shows the same progress under Amorim as a hamster running on a wheel. But if insiders during training are to be listened to, then nobody can help but feel that the head coach is the architect behind his own downfalls. CentreDevils' sources have revealed that he is described as a "lonely man" internally. The report adds:
"In training, he often walks away from the team. And after losses, he sometimes sits on his own and doesn’t speak to anyone. One source feels the job has broken him mentally, and he looks like a ghost of his former self from when he first joined. The atmosphere within the club is one of the lowest it has been in a long time."
What's more, the article also claims that the club are not actively considering alternative managerial options should they part ways with Amorim, dismissing other reports as mere speculation. Yet with no end to the suffering in sight, it would surely be absurd to keep placing faith in him for much longer.
Andoni Iraola, Oliver Glasner, and Gareth Southgate are all among the favourites to succeed Amorim in the coming weeks. With a daunting trip to Anfield to face champions Liverpool fast approaching, pulling the plug before the October international break could save the club from some very saturated blushes.