Last season, Manchester United finished 8th in the Premier League. The season ended with the FA Cup title and Ten Hag was high up. He had led Manchester United to their second cup title. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stated in a previous interview as United manager that the danger with success in the cup was that it could hide fundamental problems in the Premier League. Now there is a United manager in place who at least understands what should be considered success.
Unfortunately, Ratcliffe and the new United management did not look at the previous interview with Solskjaer, because they were fooled by the cup title, and took it as a sign that Ten Hag was in control of his progress towards success in the Premier League. Four months later, 14th place in the series was wake up call that sent the Dutchman out of Manchester with a large suitcase full of English pounds in compensation.
Now Manchester United are fighting for glory in the Europa League, but Amorim is not open to talking about the title here saving anything.
“People see this tournament as the only tournament that can save our season. I don’t see it that way. Nothing can save our season. In this club, you have to perform in all competitions,” Amorim said, according to SABC Sport.
We heard the bored Ten Hag defend a massive slump in the Premier League last season with “look, I won a title”. It is reassuring to hear that Amorim has not misunderstood his mission as Manchester United manager. This is first and foremost about working your way back to the top of the Premier League.
