Ruben Amorim has always been applauded for his honesty at Manchester United, even if at times it upset his players.
During his time in Portugal, Sporting players raved about Ruben Amorim’s communication skills being one of his best traits.
His brutal honesty and transparency during his first 12 months in Manchester made him a very likeable figure among the fanbase.
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However, there have been times when Amorim has been accused of being too honest, sometimes to his detriment.
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At the start of 2025, Amorim reacted angrily after defeat to Brighton, calling it the “worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United”.
Naturally, the quote immediately made headlines and Amorim has since admitted that he needs to be more careful about what he says.
Speaking to The Times, Christian Eriksen revealed that players did not react well to Amorim’s comments.
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“That didn’t help. Yeah, that didn’t help at all.
“I mean, I don’t think that helped the players at all. Some stuff you can say inside and it’s not too clever to say outside, to put extra pressure and put an extra label on the players who were already trying to do their best.
“I don’t think that helped at all, no. Then if he’s right or wrong, whatever, but I think for us it was a bit of like, ‘Oh, here we go again. Another headline.'”
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The first year under Amorim was a learning curve for all involved.
A hard reset button was pushed by Ineos, and Amorim was picked to lead the new long-term project.
Speaking about his first year as head coach, Amorim admitted that he has learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes.
“I felt like, last year, I was really emotional all the time, because I was struggling with the results.
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“If I could go back to this time a year ago, I would do things so differently”.
“I have learned more in this year as a manager than the other five combined. I would do 75% of things different.”
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