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Ruben Amorim insists he is still the man to turn Manchester United’s fortunes around – but knows the price of failure if results don’t improve.
United face Real Sociedad in the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday hoping to take a backdoor route into next season’s Champions League.
In recent days, Amorin has spoken about the importance of a long-term plan after seeing his side drop to 14th place in the Premier League and exit both domestic cups.
Asked if he still has the self-belief to see the job through, the 40-year-old said: ‘Yes, that is clear. I know what to do but sometimes it’s a lack of results and you have to win games, so I know consequences when you don’t win games.
‘But I am really confident since day one. A little bit more frustrated but I am still confident.’
Amorim believes winning the Europa League will not solve all the club’s problems – despite a near £100m windfall by qualifying automatically for the Champions League – but he admitted that it might change the perception of the job he is doing.
Ruben Amorim insists he can lead a turnaround at Man United despite their disappointing results this season
United have endured a poor season with the team sitting in 14th place in the Premier League table
However, the Portuguese claims Europa League glory will not redeem United’s problems
‘We have to think of the club as a long-term project, not just that if we win the Europa League we’ll be in an amazing position in the next years,’ he added.
‘But I understand it is a massive difference in our season, especially because we are out of the cups and in a bad position in the league. That can change a lot of things – even the way they see the coach.’
Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte have joined United’s injury list, and Chido Obi was also missing when the squad landed on Wednesday.
Amorim defended the decision not to add the teenage striker to his Europa League squad before the February 6 deadline, saying the ‘context was completely different’ in the player’s development then.
