Manchester United host a high-flying Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon as under-pressure Ruben Amorim fights to save his job
Under-pressure Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has given up hope and wants ‘to be put out of his misery,’ according to Chris Sutton. The United boss received sympathy for last week’s defeat at Brentford, with Harry Maguire and Altay Bayindir being blamed for the defeat.
The Reds are set to welcome red-hot Sunderland to Old Trafford in a crunch clash that could determine the struggling Portuguese coach’s future.
The position of Amorim as United’s gaffer has been a hot topic of discussion in the run-up to the clash against the newly-promoted side. Following last weekend’s loss to Brentford, rumours are rife that Amorim could be on his way out of Old Trafford in the coming weeks.
Speculation is mounting that Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner, AFC Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola and Brighton’s Fabian Hurzeler could be in the running for the United job if Amorim departs. With Sunderland next up for United this season, an ex-Premier League forward is backing the visitors to triumph over Amorim’s squad.
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In his Premier League predictions for this weekend, Chris Sutton has revealed why he is backing Sunderland to pile more misery on United and Amorim. He also thinks Amorim is looking like a defeated man and accused two players of letting him down.
“I am not just backing them [Sunderland] for the sake of it, clearly,” he told BBC Sport. They are extremely well organised and everything about them has been impressive. Manchester United, on the other hand, are still a mess.
“You can blame Ruben Amorim for that as much as you like but when your centre-half is running out and taking a chance on an offside on a long ball, like Harry Maguire did for Brentford’s first goal last week, then that is just terrible defending. That’s where I feel for Amorim.
“Altay Bayindir should also have done better with Brentford’s second goal and the goalkeeping situation is perplexing too – they have brought Senne Lammens in, but where is he?
“It is just all muddled thinking at United and Amorim is starting to look like a guy who wants to be put out of his misery.
“They are just not improving under him, although he might actually get a result here off the back of me saying Sunderland will win.”
Were United to fall to defeat this afternoon, the pressure would be higher than ever before on Amorim. In his pre-match press conference, the Portuguese head coach insisted that he was not looking to resign from his position at the club.
Meanwhile, The Manchester Evening News report that Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe have not contacted any managers regarding the position at Old Trafford.
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