Ruben Amorim has endured a dismal time in charge of Manchester United, with Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher questioning if he is the right man for the Red Devils job
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11:28, 23 May 2025
BILBAO, SPAIN - MAY 21: Ruben Amorim, Manager of Manchester United, reacts during the UEFA Europa League Final 2025 between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Estadio de San Mames on May 21, 2025 in Bilbao, Spain. (Photo by Alex Pantling - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
Manchester United have been told to part with Ruben Amorim(Image: Alex Pantling - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
Jamie Carragher has urged Manchester United to part ways with Ruben Amorim this summer. Amorim has endured a dismal reign since replacing Erik ten Hag in November, winning just 16 of his 41 games in charge.
The latest low point came on Wednesday night when United lost the Europa League final to Tottenham. The Red Devils were unable to break down Ange Postecoglou's side, with Brennan Johnson's first-half goal proving to be the difference.
The defeat means that United will not be competing in European football next season. They are also likely to end up either 16th or 17th in the Premier League table, a damning indictment on Amorim's work so far.
Amorim had been hoping to use this summer's transfer window to overhaul United's squad. That will likely prove to be incredibly difficult, with funding for new signings hard to raise with no European football.
That situation has convinced Carragher that it would be best if Amorim and United parted ways. The Liverpool legend believes that the Red Devils may even have appointed the wrong man back in November.
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"At some point during their post-season review of a dire campaign, someone in the Manchester United boardroom will need the courage to ask the toughest question: 'Did we appoint the wrong manager at the wrong time?'" Carragher told The Telegraph.
"With Amorim, you are not just committing to an individual coach. It means spending big on redesigning the squad to meet Amorim’s specific needs in the knowledge that, if he underperforms again next season, his successor will most likely revert to a flat back four.
"Given the precariousness of United’s finances, which Ratcliffe acknowledged earlier this season, can the club really afford any more expensive mistakes? Would it suit all parties if he shook hands and walked away from Old Trafford? Many people in football would probably consider that a mutually beneficial outcome."
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 2: Jamie Carragher during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC at Etihad Stadium on May 2, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
Jamie Carragher does not believe Amorim is the right manager for United
Amorim himself has admitted he would be happy to leave without compensation should the board decide he is not the right man for the job. The 40-year-old insisted his side had played well in the final and called for faith from club bosses.
"It's in the future, I'm not going to talk about the future. This loss, the pain of losing this match. I can see it was clear, we were the better team but then we managed not to score again, so it's very hard to win football matches," he said.
"But the guys tried everything to win the game. In the future, we will have time to assess everything. We have to see. We have to see. I know everything that you did [say], I said before you. In this moment, I’m not going to be here defending myself. It’s not my style.
"In this moment it’s a little bit of faith, so let’s see. If the board and the fans feel I’m not the right guy, I will go in the next day without any conversation about compensation, but I will not quite.
"Again, I’m really confident about my job and, as you can see, I will not change nothing in the way I do things. I think I was always really honest with you guys. We didn’t perform perfect today, but we were better than the opponent, and the opponent also played."
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