Understanding the Ruben Amorim Era

The end of Ruben Amorim’s tenure at Manchester United raised more questions than it answered. Fourteen months after his appointment, the club found itself in a familiar position: another managerial change, and fresh uncertainty over the direction of the club. What went wrong, and how did it come to this?

To understand the Amorim era, it helps to start with the environment that produced it. That means revisiting United’s dealings since their last stretch of relative stability under Ole Gunnar Solskjær in 2021.