{"id":6479,"date":"2026-04-12T09:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:57:26","slug":"man-utd-captain-bruno-fernandes-makes-surprise-ruben-amorim-claim-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6479","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes makes surprise Ruben Amorim claim | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bruno Fernandes believes Manchester United were \u2018building something\u2019 under Ruben Amorim before \u2018all of a sudden\u2019 the club \u2018decided we need a change\u2019.<\/p>\n

Amorim lost his job at Old Trafford in early January after 14 months in charge of the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n

Manchester United finished just 15th last season and failed to save a miserable campaign in Europe as they lost to Tottenham in the Europa League final.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils certainly improved in the first-half of this season, with United sixth in the Premier League at the time of Amorim\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n

But there were also several concerning results, with the Manchester club losing to Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup and also going out of the FA Cup at the earliest possible opportunity.<\/p>\n

Manchester United have improved drastically since club legend Michael Carrick was appointed caretaker manager, climbing to third in the Premier League, just six points behind Manchester City.<\/p>\n

But captain Fernandes has still appeared to question the decision to sack Amorim, insisting his fellow Portuguese was \u2018building something\u2019 before his exit.<\/p>\n

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Former Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asked what it will take for Manchester United to challenge for major trophies once again, Fernandes told The Times: \u2018Difficult to say because we changed manager.<\/p>\n

\u2018We were building something [under Ruben Amorim] and\u00a0all of\u00a0a\u00a0sudden\u00a0the club decided we need to change.<\/p>\n

\u2018And then with Michael [Carrick] we have this last spell where\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been great until now, with the opportunity of the Champions League next season.<\/p>\n

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Man Utd caretaker manager Michael Carrick (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018If we finish the way we want to finish,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0going to look\u00a0very good, but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0still not the picture we want.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018[Can we] be the team\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been in this spell, but for a full season? Because anyone can be good in spells. Being good in the whole season is much more difficult.<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s\u00a0something we\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0done since\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0here. We need that consistency. In a full league, every point matters. Every small detail will make a difference.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Amorim was clearly popular with some members of the Manchester United squad, with former captain Harry Maguire recently tipping the 41-year-old to have an \u2018amazing career\u2019 going forwards.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think Ruben was really good with me. I pretty much played every game under Ruben when I was fit,\u2019 Maguire, who has signed a contract extension at Old Trafford, told The Mirror.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t really have much bad to say about Ruben. I really like Ruben, I think he\u2019s got great ideas. The ideas just didn\u2019t work at Manchester United.<\/p>\n

\u2018I do believe he\u2019ll go on and have an amazing career, and his next club he\u2019ll probably go and win many, many football matches.<\/p>\n

\u2018It just didn\u2019t click or work and I think us as players have got to take a lot of responsibility for that as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I think he has led the club in a direction, and I do think he deserves a lot of credit for that, where he\u2019s built a good, solid squad and I do believe that he deserves credit for that.<\/p>\n

\u2018I spoke to him when he left. He wished us all the best. I\u2019m sure he would have been upset, but I know he\u2019s still really, really young and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s going to go on to great things in management.\u2019<\/p>\n

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