{"id":106239,"date":"2025-05-16T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106239\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:20:12","slug":"something-is-wrong-ruben-amorim-shifts-blame-on-to-his-man-united-stars-and-their-behaviour-as-he-says-his-rigid-tactics-are-not-the-problem-and-sends-a-worrying-message-about-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106239\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Something is wrong&#8217;: Ruben Amorim shifts blame on to his Man United stars and their &#8216;behaviour&#8217; as he says his rigid tactics are NOT the problem &#8211; and sends a worrying message about transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a1eb37b0-3243-11f0-9869-9d4a23ee7263\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ruben-amorim\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a1f15230-3243-11f0-9869-9d4a23ee7263\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> has pointed the blame for the club&#8217;s desperately disappointing season at his players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Red Devils are coming to the end of their worst ever <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a1f326f0-3243-11f0-9869-9d4a23ee7263\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> campaign with the club sitting 16th in the table after just 10 wins in 36 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amorim took charge following the sacking of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/erik-ten-hag\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a1ee6c00-3243-11f0-9869-9d4a23ee7263\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik ten Hag<\/a> in October but has failed to turn things around domestically, managing just six victories in 25 matches in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am embarrassed that in 25 games, we have won six,&#8217; Amorim told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13367105\/ruben-amorim-embarrassed-man-utd-boss-claims-there-is-something-wrong-with-the-way-his-side-play-ahead-of-chelsea\">Sky Sports<\/a>. &#8216;Something is wrong with the way we are playing football.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Sometimes it is not about the way we play tactically, it is the way we face competition and suffer. When we get mad about losing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Everything we have been through, I have a clear picture and a clear feeling of what this team needs to be so much better.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9545b372384bf10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98444021-0-image-a-13_1747392589470.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim has shifted the blame on to his Man United stars and their 'behaviour'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ruben Amorim has shifted the blame on to his Man United stars and their &#8216;behaviour&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-634e20cfe6c7eec8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98444025-14719361-image-a-14_1747392686276.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"United are coming to the end of a desperately disappointing Premier League campaign\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">United are coming to the end of a desperately disappointing Premier League campaign\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6684c7fc1be65f1e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98445121-14719361-image-a-16_1747393729768.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amorim says there are more than just problems on the pitch when it comes to his team\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amorim says there are more than just problems on the pitch when it comes to his team<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It is not just on the pitch, it is outside the pitch. We have all the conditions to be better.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amorim added: &#8216;There are some things we cannot change in summer, the feeling in the club and the way we see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The feeling that we cannot lose a match. We have to change that and not think about transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;That is more profound than changing people. We are doing that but people cannot see that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The way we work and the behaviour we have in the club. The things we cannot see, we are working on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We need to forget about the final and need to be better against Chelsea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">United face the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Friday night but most fans are looking ahead to next Wednesday&#8217;s Europa League final against Spurs, who have had a similarly disappointing league season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The winner of that showdown in Bilbao will end the season on a high with silverware and qualify for the Champions League, which will then improve their chances of adding quality in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-af307a8ca565c43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98445503-14719361-image-a-19_1747394847769.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Red Devils have failed to win any of their last seven Premier League matches\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Red Devils have failed to win any of their last seven Premier League matches\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bfd7f3b2c8a77eee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98443243-14719361-Harry_Maguire_says_Manchester_United_s_players_are_to_blame_for_-a-36_174739653074.jpeg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Harry Maguire agrees that Man United's players are to blame for their Premier League form\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Harry Maguire agrees that Man United&#8217;s players are to blame for their Premier League form<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been nowhere near good enough&#8221; \u274c<\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire insists Manchester United &#8216;will improve a lot&#8217; but admits it&#8217;s been a difficult season for the club \ud83d\udc47 <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LD4NDNwvZp\">pic.twitter.com\/LD4NDNwvZp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1923305592442999225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">United will then face Aston Villa in their final game of the campaign and could still finish as high as 13th if they are to beat both them and Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their league form implies that the chances of that happening are slim, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amorim&#8217;s team come in to Friday&#8217;s clash in London without a win in their last seven Premier League encounters, losing five of those.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Harry Maguire agreed with his manager in a separate interview with the outlet, admitting the players should take accountability for the poor campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It\u2019s been really tough in the Premier League we can\u2019t hide away from that,&#8217; Maguire said. &#8216;It&#8217;s been nowhere near good enough for this club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If you look at the table it&#8217;s embarrassing, especially for us players. We&#8217;ve got to take the responsibility because we&#8217;ve had two managers and loads of opportunities to win football matches and we just haven&#8217;t done it well enough this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I think the last two months have been difficult because we&#8217;ve been in the Europa League and we haven&#8217;t played a settled team throughout the Premier League. The managers had to change a lot, we&#8217;ve had a lot of injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Although we should be doing a lot better&#8230; for example I can&#8217;t remember the last time I played 90 minutes in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7a00715ccef4ce64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98444595-14719361-The_Red_Devils_boss_has_openly_described_his_team_as_the_worst_o-a-37_174739663333.jpeg\" height=\"508\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Red Devils boss has previously called his team as the 'worst' outfit in the Premier League\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Red Devils boss has previously called his team as the &#8216;worst&#8217; outfit in the Premier League<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bc07fdfb49412123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98446499-14719361-image-a-39_1747396754534.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amorim will hope his players can take a positive result into their crucial Europa League final next Wednesday as they gear up to face Chelsea in the Premier League on Friday night<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We&#8217;ve got to take the blame because a club like man united should not have nothing to play for with two months left of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We&#8217;re sat in mid table with two months left of the season and we&#8217;ve got nothing to play for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;That&#8217;s our fault, we&#8217;ve got to take responsibility. That&#8217;s unacceptable for sure, we&#8217;re at the blame and I know for a fact next season we will improve a lot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has pointed the blame for the club&#8217;s desperately disappointing season at his players.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,94,98,99,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-106239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-ruben-amorim","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114517483675153336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}