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A frustrated and “embarrassed” Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim, has cast doubt over his future at the club following a dismal 2-0 defeat to West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The loss came just days after United booked their place in the Europa League final, but any momentum was quickly extinguished by a lacklustre performance against the struggling Hammers.
Goals from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s first league victory at Old Trafford since 2007 and handed United their 17th loss of the Premier League season.
The defeat leaves United languishing in 16th place and heaps further scrutiny on Amorim, who replaced Erik ten Hag in November but has managed just six league wins since taking over.
Amorim was visibly disappointed and accused his players of losing the mentality expected at a top club. “The biggest concern for me is this sense of acceptance, that it’s somehow OK because our position in the table won’t change much,” he said post-match. “We’re losing the sense that this is Manchester United and that it should feel catastrophic to lose at home.”
The 40-year-old Portuguese manager, formerly of Sporting Lisbon, warned that such complacency is “the most dangerous feeling” for any elite club and highlighted how far United have fallen since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013.
When asked about the club’s current position near the bottom of the table, Amorim didn’t mince words: “How is a Manchester United manager supposed to feel in that position? Embarrassed. It’s hard to accept.”
He also dismissed the idea that reaching the Europa League final with fellow underperformers Tottenham on May 21 in Bilbao should offer consolation, stressing that more pressing concerns remain in the league.
“Everyone’s talking about the final, but that’s not the issue right now,” he said. “We’ve got much bigger problems to address, and we need significant changes at the end of the season.”
Amorim openly questioned whether he was the right person to lead the club beyond this season if he could not instill the necessary changes. “I’m not talking about the players—I’m talking about myself, the club’s culture, and the mindset in the dressing room,” he said.
“If we begin next season with the same attitude, or if this atmosphere continues, then maybe someone else needs to take charge. We must be bold this summer, because there can’t be another season like this.”
For West Ham, the victory marked the end of an eight-match winless streak and came as a relief to manager Graham Potter.
“It’s a very pleasing result, especially given what we’ve been through lately,” Potter said. “Results have been disappointing for a while. The performances weren’t as poor as they seemed, but in the Premier League, if you don’t get results, you suffer—and that’s what we’ve had to endure.”
