“Ruben Amorim is being naive…”
Coach said, after being eliminated from the Cup, that the long-term goal of the project is to become Premier League champion again
Manchester United suffered another major setback this Sunday in a season full of poor results and poor performances. At Old Trafford, Ruben Amorim’s team were defeated by Marco Silva’s Fulham on penalties, falling in the round of 16 of the FA Cup , an elimination that added to their elimination from the League Cup, against Tottenham .
In a very undistinguished 14th place in the Premier League , the Red Devils have only the UEFA Europa League left , where they will face Real Sociedad in the round of 16, to save their season, but, even so, Ruben Amorim was very ambitious in his speech after saying goodbye to the Cup, saying that, in the long term, the objective is to win the Premier League again , something that has not happened since 2012/13, then in Sir Alex Ferguson’s last season.
Club legend Wayne Rooney was suspicious of Amorim’s desire, explaining that the Portuguese will need a long time to bring water to that mill.
“It will take a long time. It is very difficult for Amorim to arrive during the season, without pre-season, but we have to look ahead and to the future. The coach talks about winning the Premier League, but how will they be able to be competitive to do that? First of all, they have to start moving up the table, because Manchester United coaches, in the last 10 years, have not had the time and I think Amorim is being naive when he talks about the Premier League title, because, from where they are to that, it is a long way from where they are,” stressed the former striker on BBC One.
