Ruben Amorim has been sacked as Manchester United manager 14 months after arriving at Old Trafford, the club announced yesterday.
United said in a statement that the Portuguese had left his role, with the club’s leadership having “reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change.”
“This will give the team the best opportunity of the highest possible Premier League finish,” the club added.
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United are presently sixth in the table after a 1-1 draw at Leeds United on Sunday.
After that game, an irate Amorim stressed he was United’s manager rather than just the coach during an eye-catching news conference in which he told the scouting department and sporting director “to do their job.”
The 40-year-old had alluded to frustration behind the scenes in the build-up to the match as the United boss refused to clarify his recent comments about the club’s transfer plans.
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Amorim was appointed in November 2024 and led the team to the UEFA Europa League final in Bilbao, Spain, in May, losing to Tottenham Hotspur, but they finished 15th in the English Premier League last season.
Manchester City’s Premier League title challenge on Sunday suffered a huge setback as managerless Chelsea salvaged a dramatic 1-1 draw, while Harrison Reed’s stunning last-gasp strike gave Fulham a 2-2 draw against Liverpool.
Manchester City fell six points behind the Gunners.
After Arsenal’s 3-2 win at AFC Bournemouth on Saturday, Pep Guardiola’s second-placed side had no margin for error against troubled opponents at the Etihad Stadium.
Yet they stumbled in painful fashion as Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez equalized deep into stoppage-time to cancel out Tijjani Reijnders’ 42nd-minute opener.
Just days after Chelsea parted company with coach Enzo Maresca, the Blues were managed by Under-21 coach Calum McFarlane.
McFarlane would never forget his first senior match as a manager after frustrating the decorated Guardiola.
However, despite the damage McFarlane inflicted on Guardiola’s title dreams, Strasbourg manager Liam Rosenior remains the leading candidate to replace Maresca on a permanent basis.
“Chelsea is a world champion team. It is not academy players there. Top class players. So, to have control for 90 minutes against a team is so, so difficult,” Guardiola said. “We missed chances in the second half. Our talented players tried to finish the game, but we could not do that.”
City, who host Brighton & Hove Albion tomorrow, have gone two games without a win following their 0-0 draw at Sunderland on Thursday last week.
They would hope for a favor from Liverpool on Thursday when Arne Slot’s men face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London.
“We recover people, and we see on Wednesday,” Guardiola said of City’s title chances.
At Craven Cottage, Liverpool looked set to consolidate their place in the top four when they came from behind to lead.
Harry Wilson opened the scoring against his former club to give Fulham a deserved half-time lead.
Florian Wirtz leveled before Cody Gakpo steered home Jeremie Frimpong’s cross in the 94th minute.
However, the visitors’ celebrations were cut short when Reed took aim from outside the box and blasted into the top corner for his first goal in three years.
A point keeps Liverpool, unbeaten in nine games in all competitions, three points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea in the battle for a place in the UEFA Champions League.
Tottenham Hotspur did little to ease the pressure on Thomas Frank in a 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland.
Ben Davies put Spurs in front, but they were unable to hold out for just a second home league win since the opening weekend of the season.
Brian Brobbey equalized 10 minutes from time for Sunderland to extend their unbeaten run to five games despite being depleted by the absence of six players at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Igor Thiago’s hat-trick fired Brentford up to seventh with a 4-2 win at Everton.
Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at St James’ Park thanks to second-half goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Malick Thiaw.
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