EPL: Sometimes I Want To Quit, Amorim Rants After EFL Defeat
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim unleashed a stunning tirade after a historic Carabao Cup defeat to League Two side Grimsby Town, admitting there are moments he “hates” his players and even considers walking away from the job.
The 40-year-old Portuguese’s raw outburst has sent shockwaves through Old Trafford, marking one of the most candid moments from a Red Devils boss. The loss to Grimsby, the first time a fourth-tier team has knocked United out of the competition, has intensified scrutiny on Amorim’s tenure. Speaking after the match, he confessed, “Sometimes I hate my players, sometimes I love my players. Sometimes I want to quit, sometimes I want to stay here for 20 years,” fueling speculation about his future at the club.
According to BBC Sports, Amorim, speaking on Friday, said: “To be really honest, every time that we have a defeat like that in the future, I’m going to be like that. I’m going to say sometimes I hate my players and sometimes I love my players.
“Sometimes I want to quit, sometimes I want to be here for 20 years.
“I need to improve on that; it’s going to be hard, but now I’m focused on the next game.”
In the aftermath of the penalty shootout defeat at Blundell Park, the first time United had ever lost a competitive game to a fourth-tier club, Amorim spoke to numerous media outlets.
To them all, he said ‘The team and the players spoke really loudly today’ without clarifying what he meant.
He also said he needed to talk to the club’s hierarchy next week and ‘think about things’.
Amorim accepts that such pointed statements are bound to invite debate about his future and bring uncertainty.
However, it is something he is prepared to accept because he cannot curb his reactions.
“If you have this kind of behaviour, you have to understand you have things that are good on that, and then you have the other side of the coin,” he said.
“I know you have a lot of experienced people talking about the way I should perform with the media, to be more constant, to be calmer.
“I do understand that. But I’m not going to be like that. This is my way of doing things. That’s why I have the passion I have. In that moment, I was really upset and really disappointed, and I’m going to be who I am. So prepare yourself.”
Amorim is understood to retain the support of United’s ownership, who backed him in the summer, with the club spending around £200m on forwards Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbuemo, and Benjamin Sesko.
But they are yet to win this season following a 1-0 loss to Arsenal and a 1-1 draw with Fulham in the Premier League.
They host Burnley on Saturday at 15:00 BST.
“I felt we had a very good pre-season, we were playing better, we were being consistent in the way we played,” Amorim added.
“We played badly for 30 minutes against Fulham, and that kind of performance [against Grimsby] I was really disappointed with everything, but now it’s a new game and we focus on that.”