Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is under increasing pressure at Old Trafford after a difficult start to the campaign as Sunderland await on Saturday afternoon
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim remonstrates on the touchline at Old Trafford
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim remonstrates on the touchline at Old Trafford
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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has refuted the suggestion that his wife, Maria Joao, has been speaking to the media about the pressures her husband is facing at Old Trafford.
After a difficult start to the season, pressure is mounting on Amorim to steady the ship at Old Trafford. Last weekend's defeat to Brentford was a concerning development for the United head coach and the Reds are in desperate need of a result.
In the week, quotes claiming to be attributed to Joao via PrimeVideoSport suggested that Amorim was having 'sleepless nights' since moving to United. It is claimed she also questioned her husband on whether or not this was worth it, to which he is accused of responding: "That's what I signed up for."
However, in his pre-match press conference Amorim insisted that his wife had not been speaking to any media sites. "It's really important because there is no one in the world that can read everything and listen to everything about people that understand football and not be influenced by that," he began.
"So I'm trying to listen and to see all the games because I know that I see the game more times than all those guys together because they have to see all the games in the Premier League and give an opinion. My opinion is completely different because I see the games, I see the training, I understand my players, I understand what I'm doing and I follow my job this way because it's impossible to survive in this club, listening to all the things.
"I see a lot of things that my wife is talking with the media. That is such nonsense.
"Nobody in my family talks about that. We love living in England.
"You have no idea what is abuse here because you are so polite compared to my country where we are losing. So you have no idea.
"My family is really happy. It's just me and my family that is struggling because I hate losing and I hate failing."
Amorim also insisted earlier in the press conference that he had no plans to resign from the United job despite reports to the contrary. United host Sunderland this afternoon in a 3pm kick-off.
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