It’s clear by now that Ruben Amorim wasn’t a person who stuck to his words, and his final act of hypocrisy at Man Utd has now been exposed.
The results were never good for Ruben Amorim at Man Utd, but what got him the sack at the end was his conduct off the pitch.
Regardless, he continues to have a hold on a section of Man Utd fans because of his charisma and speaking skills.
Even their eyes should open after the club exposed his final act of hypocrisy on the way out of Old Trafford.
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Man Utd reveal cost of sacking Ruben Amorim
Man Utd recently announced their latest financial results, and courtesy of Michael Carrick’s miraculous run after taking over, the picture is rosier than it has been for a while.
Carrick had already given United a £55m boost by raising their league position, and UCL qualification brings more breathing room in the finances.
Still, an unexpected expense in the accounts sheet is the cost of sacking Amorim, which amounts to £16.7m, as per the club’s filing.
Add that figure to the cost of extending and sacking Erik ten Hag, hiring and firing Dan Ashworth, and you get money close to what you’ll pay for Mateus Fernandes spent on making and correcting three errors.
However, of all those errors, the cost of sacking Amorim stings the most, because if he were a man of his word, that cost would have been zero.
But of course, following through on promises was never a forte of Amorim’s.
Ruben Amorim said he’d walk without compensation
Amorim was an extremely emotional man who forced the Man Utd squad on the rollercoaster with him on his extreme highs and lows.
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That prompted him to say some truly outlandish things at times, something he accepted as a fault in him as well.
One of which that should surely come back to bite him is his comment after losing the Europa League final last season.
Then, a dejected Amorim told the media that he’d “walk without compensation the next day” if the board and fans think he’s not the right guy to take the club forward.
The decision to sack him should have arrived then, but came in seven months, and now it’s clear that this claim was another example of a man saying outrageous things his actions can’t account for.
In fact, by the end, he went to the other extreme by almost daring the club to sack him, then leaving happily with his millions once he recognised he won’t be a success here.
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