#ruben-amorim

#ruben-amorim

Manchester United came into the 2025/26 season with sky-high expectations, heavy summer investment and a fanbase eager for momentum. But while some signings have delivered right away, others have struggled to make the impact expected of them, leading to growing chatter about what works, what doesn't, and who must step up. One player who has still not made an impact at Old Trafford is Joshua Zirkzee, a 36 million signing who has yet to rediscover the touch that made him one of Europe's promising forwards.

"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.

He [Ratcliffe] was offering me a new contract, joked Amoim. [No], it's normal things, just to show the support. Explaining that it's a long project. He said many times, this is my third season'. For me it's not. I spoke with him, with Omar, with Jason. Just trying to see all the data around the team. So a normal meeting and we had several, but at this moment it's normal people pay attention to that.

One of the burning debates following last weekend's derby was why Manchester United did not sign goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the summer.

Michael Carrick might be the obvious option if Ruben Amorim is to go. Obviously Michael Carrick still knows quite a few players that were there when he was there. So he's still got some good inside information. He obviously knows the club. But the key is that you need to have a guy that obviously has got a clear idea but puts some kind of a structure in place that the players buy into and that you get a spark from the players.

A man was pictured wearing a dark United away strip from the 2018-19 season, which prompted furious City fans to complain to the club. A City supporter contacted the club's fan support page to raise the issue, and attached a picture of the United fan behind one of the bars on the concourse. The club replied: "Thank you for making us aware of this. We can confirm that this individual has now been removed from their position."