Ruben Amorim has said he will leave Manchester United tomorrow if the club’s board and fans no longer want him, after their Europa League final loss to Spurs left him at rock bottom.
Brennan Johnson scored the winner in the Bilbao final to leave United with no chances of European football next season, sitting in 16th place in the Premier League table amid a mountain of problems on and off the pitch.
Amorim took over at United in November with the club 13th in the table. They have slipped three places with Amorim knocked out of the three cup competitions in the process. But the Portuguese coach believes he is still the right man for the job.
“If the board and the fans feel I’m not the right guy, I will go in the next day,” said Amorim. “But I will not quit again. I am confident in my job. As you see, I will not change anything in the way I do things.
“In this moment, I am not here to defend myself. It’s not my style. I have nothing to show to the fans. In this moment [I need] a little bit of faith.”
Speaking after the final, a dejected Luke Shaw claimed Amorim is the right man, with every single player needing to “question ourselves on if we’re good enough to be here”.
“We’re all gutted, it’s not how we saw the outcome to be honest,” Shaw said. “But it’s not just tonight, this whole season, it’s been nowhere near good enough. I think all of us have to question ourselves on if we’re good enough to be here.
