'I fear losing games more than the sack'

RUBEN Amorim accepts he is at risk of getting the sack at United if results don't improve but is willing to take the gamble of sticking by his methods, despite the lack of patience shown to previous Old Trafford bosses.

- By TYRONE MARSHALL

Amorim is 20 games into his tenure as United head coach but eight of those matches have ended in defeat and his team sit 13th in the Premier League ahead of today's trip to Tottenham Hotspur.

The 40-year-old has been insistent that he won't abandon his 3-4-2-1 system despite the difficulties he has experienced in getting those methods across to a squad that look ill-suited to his demands. United flirted with a relegation battle over the festive period and have endured some wretched Old Trafford defeats under Amorim.

By refusing to compromise those principles Amorim is aware he is taking a risk by relying on the patience of his bosses, with the Portuguese the sixth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013, but he claimed that the biggest fear in his job wasn't getting the sack, but failing to win games.