{"id":453809,"date":"2026-03-02T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453809\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:05:07","slug":"amorims-camp-break-silence-to-put-blame-on-players-after-sensational-carrick-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453809\/","title":{"rendered":"Amorim&#8217;s camp break silence to put blame on players after sensational Carrick form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Man Utd coach under Ruben Amorim has seemingly placed the blame on the Red Devils players for failing to implement their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim is yet to speak publicly after his disastrous 14-month spell at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> ended at the beginning of January but one his coaches, Adelio Candido, has decided to has opened the lid slightly on the Portuguese manager\u2019s time at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Carrick, who replaced Amorim as interim head coach until the end of the season, has guided his side to six wins and a draw in his seven matches in charge. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/manchester-united\/premier-league-table-since-man-utd-sacked-amorim-carrick-improvement\" target=\"_blank\">The table since Amorim was sacked is very telling indeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Man Utd midfielder has shown how easy it is to turn around this bunch of talented players but Amorim really struggled to get them to effectively play to his style.<\/p>\n<p>And Amorim\u2019s coach, Candido, insists that it felt like the Man Utd players weren\u2019t open enough to \u201cfully implement\u201d the ideas he, Amorim and widing coaching team had.<\/p>\n<p>Candido told Portuguese outlet A Bola: \u201cExperience is always experience, whether the outcome is good or bad, we always come away with learning.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-bruno-fernandes-keane-u-turn-man-utd-stars-dragged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018F***ing imposter\u2019 deserves Keane U-turn after dragging willing Man Utd stars up to his level<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Manchester, I really liked the city and the way the fans experience football, more focused on the project than on the immediate result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I liked least was, without a doubt, feeling that our ideas weren\u2019t fully implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amorim has not taken another job yet and Candido is waiting for the call ahead of their next adventure, he added:\u00a0\u201cOnly the future will tell if leaving was bad for our careers or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I\u2019m enjoying my free time with my family without thinking too much about the future, but I know that when my phone rings, Ruben will talk to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his final press conference for the club, following their 1-1 draw against Leeds, Amorim sensationally claimed that he\u2019d come to Man Utd to be a manager and not a head coach.<\/p>\n<p>In an explosive finish to his press conference at Elland Road, Amorim said: \u201cI notice that you receive selective information about everything.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-reveals-feeling-internally-appointing-carrick-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romano reveals the \u2018feeling internally\u2019 at Man Utd about appointing Carrick as their new manager<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-neville-sesko-game-changing-fail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neville names Amorim signing who could be \u2018game-changing\u2019 for Man Utd as \u2018fail\u2019 claim is made<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-shearer-premier-league-title-claim-lineker-man-utd-fernandes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018It drains you\u2019 \u2013 Shearer makes Arsenal title claim; Lineker names Man Utd star \u2018player of the season\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came here to be the manager of Manchester United, not to be the coach of Manchester United. That is clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that my name is not [Thomas] Tuchel, it\u2019s not [Antonio] Conte, it\u2019s not [Jose] Mourinho, but I\u2019m the manager of Manchester United and it\u2019s going to be like this for 18 months or when the board decides to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was my point. I want to finish with that. I\u2019m not going to quit. I will do my job until another guy is coming here to replace me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he felt that assurances from Man Utd had not been fulfilled, Amorim added:\u00a0\u201cI just want to say I\u2019m going to be the manager of this team, not just the coach. I was really clear on that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is going to finish in 18 months and then everyone is going to move on. That was the deal. That is my job, not to be a coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people cannot handle the Gary Nevilles and the criticisms of everything, we need to change the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say that I came here to be the manager of Manchester United, not to be the coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery department \u2013 the scouting department, the sport director \u2013 needs to do their job. I will do mine for 18 months, and then we move on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Man Utd coach under Ruben Amorim has seemingly placed the blame on the Red Devils players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,348,349,50,221,451,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-453809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-ruben-amorim","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}