{"id":124463,"date":"2025-05-23T05:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124463\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T05:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:46:12","slug":"ruben-amorim-told-he-needs-to-look-at-himself-and-find-answer-to-nine-word-man-utd-problem-after-europa-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124463\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim told he &#8216;needs to look at himself&#8217; and find answer to nine-word Man Utd problem after Europa League final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim \u201cneeds to look at himself\u201d in the summer and address one elephant in the room during his reign at Old Trafford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is according to former England and Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle, who dropped a scathing verdict on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> after the 2025 Europa League final.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils missed out on major silverware on Wednesday evening after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-lose-1-0-against-tottenham-in-the-europa-league-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United lost 1-0 to Tottenham<\/a> in the Europa League final in Spain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brennan Johnson broke the deadlock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-ratings-vs-spurs-europa-league-final-andre-onana-poor-but-ruben-amorims-biggest-favourite-stumbles-at-worst-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Tottenham against United<\/a> in the first half and the 23-year-old forward\u2019s opener also sealed the win on the night for Spurs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/europa-league-final-live-man-utd-v-tottenham-kick-off-time-team-news-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United were unable to rally back against Tottenham<\/a> after the break and Spurs maintained their 1-0 advantage over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United<\/a> at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have failed to secure Champions League football for next season and will be without any European football for the 2025-26 campaign under Amorim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-fans-all-in-agreement-about-ruben-amorims-only-shining-light-player-vs-tottenham-in-europa-league-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Utd fans all in agreement about Ruben Amorim\u2019s \u2018only shining light\u2019 player vs Tottenham in Europa League final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2215704209-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Giuseppe Maffia\/NurPhoto via Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-272510\" \/>Photo by Giuseppe Maffia\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<strong>Glenn Hoddle tells Ruben Amorim the major question that he needs to ask himself after Man Utd\u2019s Europa League defeat to Tottenham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United manager<\/a> Ruben Amorim now only has one match remaining in the Red Devils\u2019 woeful 2024-25 Premier League campaign at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-losers-and-the-only-winner-from-man-uniteds-europa-league-final-defeat-to-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United will leave Bilbao after their defeat to Tottenham<\/a> and will now welcome Aston Villa to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a> for their final Premier League fixture of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils languish in 16th place in the Premier League table and United are only one point clear of Europa League winners Spurs, who are currently 17th.<\/p>\n<p>United have been abysmal in their Premier League campaign and the Red Devils will end the current season with their worst finish in Premier League history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They&#8217;ve got a batch of really good players. Nothing world class&#8221; \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>The panel analyse Ruben Amorim, and his future going into next season, and whether he will still be in the position of Manchester United manager come August.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lynseyhipgrave1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@lynseyhipgrave1<\/a> | \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@tntsports<\/a> &amp;\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZd1UbaS0R\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aZd1UbaS0R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1925315992990667144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League club have lost a whopping 18 times in 37 league fixtures and United have only managed 10 wins ahead of their encounter with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/europa-league-final-date-time-channel-and-prize-money-available-to-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 1-0 Europa League final defeat to Tottenham<\/a>, Glenn Hoddle raised concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/what-are-ruben-amorims-tactics-man-united-fans-can-expect-spectacular-style-of-play-from-potential-new-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim\u2019s tactical system for United<\/a> for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuben Amorim will be under pressure if he doesn\u2019t start well next year,\u201d he said on TNT Sports, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cz9yney9391t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have never played three at the back [at] Man Utd \u2013 he needs to look at himself in the summer and think, \u2018In the Premier League, can I make this work?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, they ran out of ideas, again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/rio-ferdinand-reveals-what-he-and-paul-scholes-both-noticed-during-man-utds-europa-league-final-defeat-vs-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rio Ferdinand reveals what he and Paul Scholes both noticed during Man Utd\u2019s Europa League final defeat vs Tottenham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruben Amorim makes his position clear as Man Utd manager after the 2025 Europa League final vs Tottenham in Bilbao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amorim sent out a powerful message that he still feels that he is the right man to lead United and remains \u201cconfident\u201d about his role as head coach of the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident I am still the guy, more than in the beginning,\u201d he told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the patience of the fans will be really short in the next season, but I guarantee you I will not quit and I will not go away. I am really confident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the club; I know what it means to coach this club and I understand what this team needs. If they say it is better to change, I will leave in [sic] the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really confident in myself to continue to do the job if the board wants me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United have lost four of their last five Premier League matches ahead of hosting Aston Villa for a 4pm kick-off at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<\/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 \u201cneeds to look at himself\u201d in the summer and address one elephant in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1811,99,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-124463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-europa-league","9":"tag-ruben-amorim","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114555570382758603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124463","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=124463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}