Tom Weber
Tom Weber
Updated: 7 Mar 2025 14:48 GMT
3 min read
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Ruben Amorim, Man Utd
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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has frankly admitted that time and patience are running thin for him at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils slumped to another disappointing result on Thursday as they only mustered a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad. Man Utd looked to be cruising when Joshua Zirkzee put them 1-0 up, with their Spanish counterparts struggling to create any kind of threat.
However, a handball penalty on Bruno Fernandes completely changed the game and it quickly became a case of hanging on for dear life for Amorim's side. Scoring goals has been Real Sociedad's problem all season - they only sit in a disappointing ninth in LaLiga - and it saved Man Utd on Thursday.
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The Europa League is Man Utd's last remaining hope of sneaking into the Champions League and securing the massive revenues that qualification for Europe's premier competition entails.
Domestically, the Red Devils have been knocked out of both cups and languish in 14th in the Premier League table. It is shaping up to be the club's worst-ever campaign in the Premier League era.
Ruben Amorim
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Amorim makes another sack admission
The pressure on head coach Amorim is increasing. He is being criticised from all quarters for sticking to his system and the Portuguese previously admitted that he isn't at all secure in his job despite only arriving in November.
Speaking after the game against Real Sociedad, and with a hugely difficult match against Arsenal looming on Sunday, the 40-year-old again confessed that he can 'feel' that he is on borrowed time at Old Trafford.
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Amorim compared his start to life to Mikel Arteta's, who finished eighth and fifth in his first two seasons with the Gunners, but conceded that he won't be afforded the same leeway as the Spaniard.
"I will not have the time that Arteta had, I feel that," Amorim began. "It's a different club. We just need to survive on Sunday, the players and me. [We need to survive] during these games.
"I think it's a different club. I think in that aspect, in the way Arteta dealt with that is an inspiration for everybody. I will not have the time that Arteta had."