Manchester United told to sack Ruben Amorim NOW – players look scared to play for the club

Manchester United’s players ‘look lost’ under Ruben Amorim, according to Gabby Agbonlahor. The Premier League hero turned talkSPORT co-host has called for the Red Devils to part ways with their under pressure boss as their poor form continued on Saturday. GettyUnited have been told they must sack Amorim now as his woes in the dugout continue[/caption] Man United were beaten 3-1 by Brentford as they suffered their 17th Premier League defeat of Amorim’s tenure. The Portuguese has mustered just nine wins across his 33 matches in the league since taking charge last November. His latest defeat has prompted the club to draw up a shortlist of potential candidates to replace Amorim. Former England manager Gareth Southgate is amongst those being considered, talkSPORT understands. Meanwhile, the Manchester United hierarchy are also admirers of Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner and Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola. Agbonlahor believes the time has come for a new manager to be brought in after urging the Red Devils to sack Amorim. What’s going wrong for Ruben Amorim? He told Breakfast: “You look at stats of Amorim, 33 games, only won nine, drawn seven, lost 17, minus 14 goal difference, only five clean sheets. “It’s got to be done, because the players look scared to play for Manchester United. “The players look like they’re not running for the manager. Bruno Fernandes, the captain, not tracking back on so many occasions on the weekend. “They look lost, and a lot of the players look like Manchester United’s too big of a club for them. GettyAgbonlahor believes United’s players ‘look lost’ under Amorim after his 17th league defeat[/caption] “We keep saying it, every season it’s the same thing, new manager comes in, the same thing. It’s getting draining now, watching Manchester United.” Ruben Amorim’s stats Amorim penned a deal through to the summer of 2027 after succeeding Erik ten Hag 10 months ago. However, he was unable to avoid their worst-ever Premier League season last term. United finished 15th in the table with just 42 points as they missed out on European qualification. They have since already lost twice in three of their opening six matches of the current Premier League campaign. Those defeats see them sitting in 14th, whilst Amorim also suffered a shock Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Grimsby last month. GettySouthgate is one of three names on United’s three-man shortlist of potential replacements[/caption] What did Ruben Amorim say about the defeat to Brentford? Speaking after the loss to Brentford, he admitted: “Of course we want to win. We didn’t control the game. “We played Brentford’s game – first balls, second balls, set-pieces. All of the crucial moments were against us. “It’s tough to lose again, but we need to think about the next game. “The first goal was a long ball. We worked on that in the week and we worked on set-pieces. “We knew the long balls [were going to come], but one touch and they had the opportunity. We need to do better. “We didn’t play our game. We had control for some moments, but it was more or less all the same. GettyAmorim has already suffered three league defeats this term, with United sat 14th[/caption] “We need to play our game, not the opponents’, but they were stronger on that.” As for the pressure that comes with another poor result, he added: “It is always the same to lose at this club, it hurts a lot. We need to think about the next game now.” United are next in action at home to Sunderland on Saturday ahead of the international break. They then face a trip to Liverpool two weeks later on October 19.

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Manchester United told to sack Ruben Amorim NOW – players look scared to play for the club

Manchester United’s players ‘look lost’ under Ruben Amorim, according to Gabby Agbonlahor.

The Premier League hero turned talkSPORT co-host has called for the Red Devils to part ways with their under pressure boss as their poor form continued on Saturday.

United have been told they must sack Amorim now as his woes in the dugout continue[/caption]

Man United were beaten 3-1 by Brentford as they suffered their 17th Premier League defeat of Amorim’s tenure.

The Portuguese has mustered just nine wins across his 33 matches in the league since taking charge last November.

His latest defeat has prompted the club to draw up a shortlist of potential candidates to replace Amorim.

Former England manager Gareth Southgate is amongst those being considered, talkSPORT understands.

Meanwhile, the Manchester United hierarchy are also admirers of Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner and Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola.

Agbonlahor believes the time has come for a new manager to be brought in after urging the Red Devils to sack Amorim.

What’s going wrong for Ruben Amorim?

He told Breakfast: “You look at stats of Amorim, 33 games, only won nine, drawn seven, lost 17, minus 14 goal difference, only five clean sheets.

“It’s got to be done, because the players look scared to play for Manchester United.

“The players look like they’re not running for the manager. Bruno Fernandes, the captain, not tracking back on so many occasions on the weekend.

“They look lost, and a lot of the players look like Manchester United’s too big of a club for them.

Agbonlahor believes United’s players ‘look lost’ under Amorim after his 17th league defeat[/caption]

“We keep saying it, every season it’s the same thing, new manager comes in, the same thing. It’s getting draining now, watching Manchester United.”

Ruben Amorim’s stats

Amorim penned a deal through to the summer of 2027 after succeeding Erik ten Hag 10 months ago.

However, he was unable to avoid their worst-ever Premier League season last term.

United finished 15th in the table with just 42 points as they missed out on European qualification.

They have since already lost twice in three of their opening six matches of the current Premier League campaign.

Those defeats see them sitting in 14th, whilst Amorim also suffered a shock Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Grimsby last month.

Southgate is one of three names on United’s three-man shortlist of potential replacements[/caption]

What did Ruben Amorim say about the defeat to Brentford?

Speaking after the loss to Brentford, he admitted: “Of course we want to win. We didn’t control the game.

“We played Brentford’s game – first balls, second balls, set-pieces. All of the crucial moments were against us.

“It’s tough to lose again, but we need to think about the next game.

“The first goal was a long ball. We worked on that in the week and we worked on set-pieces.

“We knew the long balls [were going to come], but one touch and they had the opportunity. We need to do better.

“We didn’t play our game. We had control for some moments, but it was more or less all the same.

Amorim has already suffered three league defeats this term, with United sat 14th[/caption]

“We need to play our game, not the opponents’, but they were stronger on that.”

As for the pressure that comes with another poor result, he added: “It is always the same to lose at this club, it hurts a lot. We need to think about the next game now.”

United are next in action at home to Sunderland on Saturday ahead of the international break.

They then face a trip to Liverpool two weeks later on October 19.