BIGGEST GAME IS NEXT ONE: AMORIM

Manager wants more urgency at United, despite getting co-owner Ratcliffe's backing

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said the support of co-owner Jim Ratcliffe will mean little, if he fails to turn around the club's fortunes.

In an interview with The Times newspaper's The Business podcast last week, British billionaire Ratcliffe said Amorim has to “demonstrate he is a great coach over three years”.

The Portuguese is approaching a year in the Old Trafford hot seat but is yet to win back-to-back English Premier League games.

Doing so away to Liverpool at Anfield on Oct 19 would be a major step in the right direction, and Amorim knows he will be under intense pressure until results improve.

“He tells me all the time, sometimes with a message after games - but you know, I know and Jim knows, that football is not like that,” he said at his pre-match press conference on Oct 17, referring to Ratcliffe's timescale.

“The most important thing is the next game.”