""He was offering me a new contract," laughed the former Sporting boss, whose side have managed just one win from four Premier League games this season and been knocked out of the EFL Cup by League Two Grimsby. He even managed a joke when the questioning turned around the more serious matter of whether Ratcliffe had suggested he may wish to change the 3-4-2-1 formation Amorim is stubbornly refusing to alter, despite widespread criticism."
"If I'm a player and I have a coach that, with a lot of pressure and [people] all around the world, are saying 'you need to change the system', says 'I'm going to change', they will look at me in a different way. "Everything is important when you think about the impact that a decision is going to have on the team. "I'm doing things my way. I hope to have the time to change but it will be an evolution."
Ruben Amorim maintains his preferred 3-4-2-1 formation and refuses to change it despite widespread criticism and disappointing results. His side have managed one win from four Premier League games and were knocked out of the EFL Cup by League Two Grimsby. Minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe visited the Carrington training ground, with club officials describing the trip as pre-planned. Amorim joked that Ratcliffe offered him a new contract and said not even the Pope would make him abandon his system. He believes yielding to external pressure would undermine his authority with players and describes any change as an evolution while acknowledging the urgent need to win games.
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