Manchester United’s head coach Ruben Amorim has put his players to change the perceptions about them following the criticism this week of the co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
United has been on the right track for the worst season of the club since the relegation of the elite in 1974 and Ratcliffe targeted underperforming players in a series of interviews with the media this week.
“It takes us time to get away from the past in a new place in the future,” said Ratcliffe. “Some are not good enough and some are probably too paid, but for us to model the team for which we are fully responsible and responsible, we will take time. We have this period of transformation where we go from the past to the future.”
The billionaire made these comments immediately after specifically appointed Antony, Casemiro, Andre Onana, Rasmus Hojlund and Jadon Sancho, shocking fans with his franchise.
Casemiro, Onana and Hojlund are part of the current team, Antony and Sancho loaned.
“Whether we like it or not, we have inherited these things and have to settle this,” he said.
Ratcliffe’s words were not surprised in Amorim when he faced journalists at a press conference before this week’s Europa League conflict with Real Sociedad.
“I think that if we are honest, at the moment, everyone – me, all players – is underperforming. We can always change that. I am bowing in this part of the underperformance,” replied Amorim.
“You are talking about players like Casemiro, for example, who have won everything and we know that this type of players can play so much better. So it’s the object. [Ratcliffe] was honest in there. The objective is to change your mind and change the mind of all the people. “”
“If you are a better player and you play in this football club, and even me – many people say that I am not good enough for the club – and my feeling is that you can change this with results. In training, I think they really want so bad, especially, especially [against Real Sociedad]. “”
Ratcliffe interviews have also included the sharing of his admiration for Amorim, which has undeniably inherited a difficult situation since leaving CP Sportif for United in November.
The Portuguese admitted that his relationship with the club chief was “really good since the first day”.
He explained: “I think we are really frank and honest.
