Ruben Amorim has admitted that Manchester United’s current squad may be the worst in the club’s glorious 147-year history.
Amorim was left scratching his head again as United suffered a 3-1 home defeat to shadow team Brighton & Hove Albion, just days after Amad Diallo spared embarrassment against Southampton with a late hat-trick at Old Trafford.
Goals from Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter, thanks to a terrible mistake from Andre Onana, condemned United to a sixth home defeat of the season and Amorim made his feelings about the quality of players at his disposal clear as he addressed the Media turned. match.
“In 10 games in the Premier League we have won two,” he said. “I know that. Imagine what that means to a Manchester United fan. Imagine what that means to me. We get a new coach who loses more than the last coach. I know exactly about that.”
“I won’t change no matter what happens. I know we can succeed, but we have to survive this moment. I’m not naive. We have to survive now.”
“We are perhaps the worst team in the history of Manchester United. I know you want headlines, but I say this because we need to acknowledge this and change it. Here are your headlines.”
“It’s hard to explain,” he continued: “We have to acknowledge the moment and not avoid the problem. Everyone here underperforms, no matter the circumstances. We are underperforming and we have to accept that.”
“It is unacceptable for a Premier League club to lose so many games, imagine Manchester United. So it’s a really tough moment but we have to keep going, we have to keep going, there is no other way. We must suffer and move on.”
“Our players are really nervous and scared. When you step onto the final pitch you remember the last games here and when I feel that, the players feel it very much. The only way is to keep doing the same thing and win games.”
Following Erik ten Hag’s sacking in October, Amorim was expected to turn things around at United quickly, but the former Sporting CP coach has won just five of his 15 games in all competitions and lost seven.