Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim was not the club’s first choice to replace Erik ten Hag, according to Daily Mail journalist Ian Lidman.
The report states that United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe initially considered Thomas Tuchel as the top option when they decided to part ways with Ten Hag. However, Tuchel soon agreed to coach England.
Lidman explained that Amorim was not even close to the top of the list when Manchester United started looking for a new manager last summer.
Despite some slight improvements under Amorim, Manchester United suffered their eighth Premier League defeat of the season against Wolverhampton in their last match.
United continue to struggle under Ruben Amorim
Ruben Amorim has become the first Manchester United manager to lose five of his first 10 games in charge since Walter Crickmer in January 1932. With five losses, Amorim has now lost more games as manager than Erik ten Hag did before being sacked, suggesting that the issues at the club go beyond the manager.
Currently, United sit in 14th place with 22 points, seven points behind fifth-placed Newcastle United, who will visit Old Trafford on Monday. United’s position could worsen in the coming weeks.
While the team has become less chaotic under Amorim and made fewer catastrophic individual errors, they still lack control and struggle to score goals.
So far this season, United have scored just 21 goals in the Premier League, with a third of those coming in two games—three goals at Southampton under Ten Hag and four at home against Everton under Amorim.
The club dismissed Ten Hag in November after he failed to improve the team from last season’s eighth-place finish. With upcoming matches against Newcastle, Liverpool, and Arsenal, United may see their league position decline further.
