One reason for the continued expectation on the shoulders of Amorim was United’s hefty transfer spend. For all the cost-cutting elsewhere, funding for new players has been in spritely supply under Sir Jim Ratcliffe: over £500million has been spent on new players in less than two years of his involvement.

Manchester United are searching for their next manager after sacking Ruben Amorim on Monday, with the Red Devils sat sixth in the Premier League table after 20 games

Manchester United says Ruben Amorim is out as coach. His ouster comes one day after the Portuguese made provocative comments about his own role and the club’s management in a postgame news conference.

After causing a furore about a supposed inability to play his precious 3-4-2-1 system due to a lack of transfer funds, Amorim duly lined his side up in that very formation. Just as he had done against relegation-battling Wolverhampton Wanderers, the thinking was presumably to match the shape of his newly promoted hosts.

Ruben Amorim is no longer the manager of Manchester United and one of the Portuguese manager's final acts was to have a phone call with a transfer target

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is being linked with a sensational return to Old Trafford as interim manager until the end of the season after Ruben Amorim's departure. The Norwegian, who sp

The Scot served Old Trafford superbly as a player and feels the natural fit to steady the club in a turbulent week

Manchester United announced that Ruben Amorim will no longer be the team’s manager, and the club has appointed Darren Fletcher as the interim manager. The former Manchester United midfielder will coach the team for Wednesday’s Premier League match against Burnley at Turf Moor.