Manchester United sacked Ruben Amorim this week following his spectacular rant at the press conference after the draw to Leeds United. The Portuguese claimed he joined the Red Devils as a manager, not a coach, and targeted the club’s leadership, saying they needed to do their jobs and that he would continue doing his.
Man United Receives Cryptic Message From Jose Mourinho’s Former Assistant
Jose Mourinho has never minced his words when it comes to sending messages to his former club, rivals, or even his own players. The current Benfica coach has always been straightforward, with many journalists and pundits calling it borderline arrogance.
Those qualities clearly rub off on his staff, as his former assistant manager, Rui Faria, has now sent a message to Man Utd following the sacking of Ruben Amorim. The 50-year-old took to Instagram to post his usual ‘Mind Pieces’, but this time the message clearly hit too close to Old Trafford.
He used a Man Utd image in the background, with the club’s logo clearly visible, and the points made in the post seemed like an indirect dig at the club’s board and owners following the sacking of Amorim. He believes that the clubs are now hiring managers who are willing to adapt to the business plans rather than those who only care about winning on the pitch. His post read:
“A great club’s philosophy used to be about silverware. Coaches were hired for their winning streaks in order to achieve the club objectives. Today, coaches are often hired according to their willingness to accept a club’s business plan. Coaches are led to believe they’re at the helm of a sports project in which they can manage their own decision-making while influencing different departments in order to achieve sporting success.”
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Faria went on to take further digs at the leadership groups, saying that the objective of being a business success comes at the cost of winning silverware, and that the only solution for them is to fire the coach.
“The club’s business plan, however, is essentially about numbers – with each department set up to achieve its own objectives, contesting any coaching decision that could hinder its own targets – regardless of on-field results.
“A winning football team is more than the sum of departmental parts and the setting of department-by-department objectives often comes at the cost of points and silverware won. Yet the coach still remains the face of an unsuccessful project – even when their power is reduced to almost nothing!”
Ruben Amorim was not happy with the direction Manchester United was heading, and hinted that he was not getting the players who could help change the results in his preferred 3-4-3 formation.