{"id":459959,"date":"2025-09-29T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459959\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:29:10","slug":"man-utd-rooney-reveals-damning-two-word-verdict-on-amorim-makes-clear-demand-to-ineos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459959\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Rooney reveals damning two-word verdict on Amorim; makes clear demand to INEOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Club legend Wayne Rooney has delivered his clear verdict on Ruben Amorim and INEOS, insisting there is \u201cno soul\u201d at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney, unsurprisingly, is far from pleased with what he has seen from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>with the Premier League giants placed 14th in the table after six matches.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amorim<\/strong> <\/a>is under intense pressure following his side\u2019s poor 3-1 defeat against Brentford on Sunday, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-sack-race-arteta-amorim-nuno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the Man Utd boss currently the favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the loss to Brentford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/how-long-amorim-has-left-man-utd-revealed-manager-never-concerned-insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>it has been reported that Amorim retains the support of INEOS<\/strong><\/a>, but he and Man Utd desperately need a win when they host newly-promoted Sunderland at Old Trafford next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney did not pull any punches when dissecting Man Utd and Amorim, admitting that he has \u201cno faith\u201d in the head coach to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>He has also told INEOS to do \u201cwhatever it takes to get Man Utd back\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not seeing anything which is giving me any confidence, there needs to be big changes in my opinion,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c147m6jlz50o\" target=\"_blank\">Rooney told BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/who-will-be-the-next-man-utd-manager-if-ruben-amorim-is-sacked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who will be the next Man Utd manager if Ruben Amorim is sacked?<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cManager, players, whatever that is. Whatever it takes to get Manchester United back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t recognise the whole football club. I don\u2019t see players fighting, I don\u2019t see character, I don\u2019t see desire to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go to a game watching, expecting, here we go again \u2013 expecting the team to lose or maybe pick up a point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even just results on the pitch. It\u2019s everything about the club that needs fixing \u2013 Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have walked into a real challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing staff members getting sacked after 20, 30 years who are very important people to that football club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soul has gone from the club. It needs a new engine, a new lease of life. It needs something to kickstart that football club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/neville-blasts-unforgivable-amorim-decision-man-utd-star-reveals-sack-prediction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Neville blasts \u2018unforgivable\u2019 Ruben Amorim decision on Man Utd star; reveals sack prediction<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-why-repeat-stupid-man-utd-mistake-decision-amorim-replacement-not-happening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why repeat of stupid Man Utd mistake with decision on Amorim replacement is not happening\u2026<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/when-man-utd-sack-amorim-ratcliffe-direct-contact-southgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report reveals when Man Utd could sack Amorim as Ratcliffe in \u2018direct contact\u2019 with Southgate<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rooney has also insisted that the club\u2019s owners need to send a \u201cclear message\u201d to appease supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be a clear message from the owners,\u201d Rooney continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether that is the Glazers, [minority owner] Sir Jim Ratcliffe, there has to be a message of where this club is going. At the minute we are all sitting there waiting for it to crumble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe culture of that football club has gone. I see it on a daily basis. I see staff losing jobs, people walking out of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got two kids [in the academy] at that football club and I really hope this doesn\u2019t affect what they\u2019re doing. What I\u2019m seeing at that football club is not Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Club legend Wayne Rooney has delivered his clear verdict on Ruben Amorim and INEOS, insisting there is \u201cno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,225,2465,98,12,101,99,16,15,14349],"class_list":{"0":"post-459959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-ruben-amorim","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wayne-rooney"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115286649419097684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459959","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=459959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}