Man United boss Ruben Amorim has taken aim at two of his young players for posting on social media last week.
Amorim said there was a "feeling of entitlement" at United
Amorim said there was a "feeling of entitlement" at United
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Ruben Amorim has slammed Harry Amass and Chido Obi for posting pictures on Instagram in response to his comments about the academy last week, labelling them "entitled" and saying it sums up the mood around the Manchester United squad. Amorim raised the issue of the two players last week, saying Amass was now "struggling" at the bottom of the Championship and that Chido wasn't starting every week for the club's Under-21 side.
Those comments went down badly with the players, who both posted pictures of success to their Instagram accounts on Monday when the quotes came out. Amass posted a picture of him with a player of the month award at Sheffield Wednesday, while Chido's image was of him celebrating scoring for the Under-21s.
Amorim insisted his comments weren't negative and said the response of the pair of 18-year-olds summed up the sense of entitlement that he feels continues to linger around the club. "I think is the feeling of entitlement that we have in our club," he said. "Sometimes strong words is not bad words, sometimes difficult moments is not the bad things for the kids.
"We don't need to be always with accolades in everything in every situation, we are not helping. That's why when you guys talk about a lot of players nowadays that they go against the clubs and everything happened because they feel entitlement.
"I have that feeling all the time that we need to fight against this feeling. Sometimes I'm the first one to say that I'm failing this club inside the pitch, I have that feeling we are not performing the way we should be but outside the pitch, I guarantee you I'm not failing to this club.
"I think it's something in our club, and we talk about the players sometimes forget about what it means to play for Manchester United. We as a club sometimes forget who we are and that's that's the feeling that I have. I understand everything is the environment, is the moment of the players, the kids they feel entitled.
"They feel free to respond to the manager with a picture, my office is open, nobody is coming to talk to me. And that is the way we can solve things. I think we need to change first as a club and then everything is going to change."
Amorim insisted his office door was always open if either of the youngsters had an issue with what he said in his press conference ahead of the Bournemouth game.
"I didn't say anything wrong. I just spoke about how the luck of playing for Manchester United," he said. "Sometimes you play for Manchester United and you go see different realities and you understand that football can be so different and that you are really lucky to be in Manchester United.
"That was my point but, again, let's move on and with the time that I think these things will change."