Manchester United were beaten in the Europa League final on Wednesday to pile the pressure on embattled boss Ruben Amorim, who has struggled since replacing Erik ten Hag
Alan Shearer has tipped Ruben Amorim to leave Manchester United in the wake of their defeat in the Europa League final. United were beaten by Tottenham on Wednesday night in Bilbao.
It caps a dire campaign for the Red Devils, who also currently sit 16th in the Premier League table. Europe had proven to be a rare bright spot for United, with Amorim struggling badly in the hotseat.
The 40-year-old has won just 16 of the 41 games he has taken of since replacing Erik ten Hag in November. He even admitted after Wednesday’s defeat that he would be happy to leave his post should the board decide he is not the right man for the job.
While it is understood that United bosses are content with Amorim for now, Shearer is unconvinced over his long-term future. The Newcastle legend has delivered a scathing assessment of the current state of the club.
And he believes things are so bad at Old Trafford that Amorim could even move on this summer. Shearer insisted that Amorim did not realise the scale of the challenge that was facing him, but admitted United had become ‘much worse’.
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“There will be a lot of questions around Ruben Amorim’s future now and very much like the Spurs situation, it wouldn’t surprise me if he wasn’t the manager at the beginning of the season. Whether that’s his choice or not, I guess,” he told Betfair.
“I’ve said it so many times, there’s no way he’s gone into that football club and expected what he found. There’s no way he thought it was that bad. He couldn’t have, because I’m not sure you’d go. He hasn’t helped the situation.
“They’ve actually got so much worse under him. It might have been papering over the cracks if they had won the Europa League, but their problems were summed up in that 97 minutes: no creativity, no legs, no energy, no goals, and a complete mess.”
Shearer believes that it will be incredibly difficult for United to turn their fortunes around quickly. He made an early predicition that next season will be another campaign without any silverware for the Red Devils.
“It’s a mess at Manchester United. Much like Spurs, their season was this competition. We’ve been seeing it for the last two or three months that both clubs needed to win this competition to salvage something from their season,” Shearer added.
“Financially, it will hurt them to attract the players they wanted because they’re not Man United from 20 years ago, where most players wanted to go there. They’re not that football club anymore; they’re only that club by name.
“They don’t deserve to win the Europa League or be in the Champions League. They’ve been awful all season in every department. The final basically just summed up their season as a whole: slow, terrible in front of the goal, no threat, no energy, and really poor.
“Are they going to be in the market for top players now? Top players want to play in the Champions League and challenge for trophies. Are Man United going to be challenging for trophies next season? I think the simple answer is no, they’re not.”
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