Ruben Amorim has told Man Utd he will walk away from the job without compensation if the club decide he is not the man to lead them forward.
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Ruben Amorim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has a decision to make over Ruben Amorim's United future
Bruno Fernandes believes Manchester United's decision-makers could be tempted to take Sir Jim Ratcliffe up on Ruben Amorim's offer to quit the club without compensation after defeat in the Europa League final.
But the club captain urged Sir Jim Ratcliffe to stick with the head coach and said he won't find a better option than the 40-year-old to take charge of the club.
Amorim made his offer to walk away for free if United decide he isn't the man for the job in his post-match press conference after losing the Europa League final 1-0 to Tottenham in Bilbao, but a queue of United players lined up to reaffirm their faith in the former Sporting boss.
Amorim has lost 16 and won just 15 of his 41 games in charge in all competition, with just six of those victories coming in the Premier League, and Fernandes admitted it would be "easier" to get a different coach in now.
He insists that would be the wrong approach, however, and urged club bosses to stay calm as they assess Amorim's future over the next few days following defeat at San Mames.
"It’s not my decision but I do think the manager is the right one and I don’t think that it will be a better person to come into the job and do the job," Fernandes said of his countryman.
"I know it's difficult to understand that, it's difficult to see that. But I still do think that he's the right man to lead the club. I do think that the club is in a situation where it's easier to get a different one in because the results haven't been there.
"But as my other teammates said, and I repeat myself, I do think he's the right man."
Amorim has had a disastrous time at Old Trafford since taking over at the end of November and he has been open about the possibility he could get the sack in his press conferences.
He called this the worst United team ever in January and also said they were in a relegation battle, and he has regularly said he expects to be replaced if he doesn't turn the club's fortunes around.
"We just agree that he's the right man. He has done a lot of good things," said Fernandes.
"We know that the manager is looked at by the results. Obviously we see more than that as players. We know for everyone it will be about him bringing back the positivity in the club. To try to bring the club back to fight for trophies, fight for the big trophies. And we all agree that he's the right man."
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