Ruben Amorim News and Analysis

When Manchester United decided to move on from Erik ten Hag as their manager in November, the Red Devils were reeling in 14th place and in desperate need of a coaching change that, quite frankly, should have come in the summer when INEOS took over. After a few weeks of club legend Ruud van Nistelrooy taking care of the club as interim manager - he would later get the Leicester City gig - Ruben Amorim stepped in as the latest hyped up, up-and-coming hire from an established club outside of the top five European leagues. And now five months later, Manchester United sit 13th in the table, not ahead by Tottenham and Everton in 14th and 15th and clearly not significantly improved from Ten Hag's time at the beginning of the season. The minute Amorim stepped in to the job, he told the fa...

Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount has been an unmitigated disaster at the club since joining in the summer 2023 transfer window for a whopping 60 million pounds, as he's come nowhere near to giving the Red Devils a return on their inflated initial investment. The shame is on Manchester United for signing a player Chelsea clearly wanted to jettison due to, ahem, mounting injury concerns and a knowledge that he cannot play as a starting 8 for a top team in the Premier League and is, instead, solely a glorified No. 10. Well, Manchester United already had a significantly better No. 10 in Bruno Fernandes, who has only distinguished himself further in the face of his critics since the Mount transfer, whereas the England international has only added new critics. However, with Moun...

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