Ruben Amorim has welcomed the backing of Manchester United’s minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, but admitted that it will mean little if he doesn’t get results.
Ratcliffe gave Amorim a huge vote of confidence during the international break by saying he deserves to be given another two years to prove himself after a difficult first 12 months at Old Trafford.
But although the United boss is happy to have the support of Ratcliffe, along with chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox, he knows it will not save him from the sack if he cannot deliver success.
‘He tells me all the time, sometimes with a message after games,’ said Amorim ahead of Sunday’s clash with Liverpool at Anfield. ‘But you know, I know and Jim knows that football is not like that. So the most important thing is the next game.
‘Even with owners, you cannot control the next day in football, so I know that. It’s really good to hear that also because of the noise, but he tells me, and Omar and Jason tell me that all the time. First of all, I can feel it. It’s not just that thing that people talk, but I feel it in every day.’
However, Amorim is also wary that such a show of support could create a comfort zone within the club and his squad which he doesn’t want.
‘Sometimes the pressure that I put on the team or on myself is so much bigger than them,’ he added. ‘I know that it’s going to take a while, but I don’t want to think like that. I said that last year but, of course, again it’s really good to hear that.
‘I think it helps also our fans to understand that the leadership understand it’s going to take a while. But at the same moment I don’t like that because it will give a feeling that we have time to work things out, so I don’t want that feeling here in our club.
‘Again, the most important thing is the next game, it’s good to feel the support but we need to prove in football and especially in big clubs that in every weekend we are ready to win games.’
