Ruben Amorim has been sacked by Manchester United after his fiery outburst after the Leeds game, and Fabrizio Romano has now shared the explosive series of events that led up to it.
Man Utd confirmed Ruben Amorim’s sacking less than a day after his comments about his job title.
The club insist it’s a sporting decision, but the timing of Amorim being frustrated in press conferences and then this news dropping can’t be a coincidence.
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That’s exactly what it seems, as Romano has taken Man Utd fans behind the scenes of a ‘really explosive’ series of events in the last 24 hours at Old Trafford.
Events that led up to Ruben Amorim’s sacking
Romano reported earlier that Amorim’s outburst after the Leeds game led to a ‘really tense’ situation at Carrington, and there would be repercussions.
What nobody expected was that the repercussions would materialise so soon after those comments.
It’s becoming increasingly clear why the speed was so rapid, if Romano’s behind-the-scenes details are to be believed.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, he relayed the events of the last 24 hours.
He said: “Internally, at Manchester United, the feeling is that Ruben Amorim was going too strong with those statements made [after the Leeds game].
That made the last 24 hours really explosive internally. It became really tense and complicated to handle the situation between Ruben Amorim and the people in management.
“This is why an emergency meeting took place overnight and then, in the morning, the final decision was made with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and other people involved in the management to sack Ruben Amorim.”
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It’s hard to argue against the end result of Amorim getting sacked, because he was, quite literally, the worst manager in Man Utd Premier League history, and one of the worst overall.
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However, the way his sacking has come about leaves more questions than answers, especially after Romano’s revelations above.
It speaks of a board that was perfectly content to keep it going as long as Amorim didn’t rock the boat, with results a secondary priority for them.
As soon as Amorim threatened the hierarchy, he was out, when, in fact, his performance as a manager merited a decision on his future long before.
The current injury/absentee situation shouldn’t distract from the fact that United lost games to Everton and Brentford, and drew in a limp manner against West Ham and Nottingham Forest with a full squad.
Amorim’s sacking is the right end result, but it comes following a flawed process with misguided priorities. That won’t fill Man Utd fans with any confidence in the decision-makers at the club.
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