'I headed to games last season knowing we would struggle to compete'

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Ruben Amorim dreaded going to games last season because he knew his side were not good enough to compete.

- from DAVID MCDONNELL in Atlanta

Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag last November and won just seven of his 27 Premier League games as United finished in 15th place.

It caused the ex-Sporting manager to question whether he was good enough to lead United and he even offered to quit with no compensation if the club felt that was right.

But United stood by Amorim, who admitted that he went into games last season fearing the worst.

"To tell you the truth, it was not how I returned to my house after the games," said Amorim, during a break from United's US tour.

"It was how I left to go to the games, because I felt that sometimes we would struggle.

"All the struggles that we had in the games, I could feel it before, so that was the hardest part to go to the games and know that we were not going to be competitive. That was the hardest part.