Under-fire United boss Amorim gives cheeky reply when asked on conversation with Ratcliffe: ‘He was offering me…’

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim doesn’t look to happy on the field, especially when his boys are playing, and, more often than not, are on the back-foot. The Portuguese coach, however, maintains a cheery demeanour off the field, even when his job is on the line and he finds himself needing a quick turnaround in order to continue his association with the 20-time English top-flight champions.

Ahead of his team’s crucial home game against Chelsea, the team that had recently won the FIFA Club World Cup and had finished fourth last season, the ex-Sporting CP manager joked about discussing his contract extension with United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe.

“New contract, he was offering me a new contract,” Amorim told reporters in Friday’s press conference on the eve of the Chelsea game.

“No, it’s normal things just to show the support, explaining that it’s a long project. He said many times this is my first season. For me, it’s not. But normal things.

“I spoke with him, with Omar, with Jason, just trying to see all the data around the team. A normal meeting and we had several. But in this moment, it’s normal people pay attention to that,” Amorim added.

Amorim had succeeded Erik ten Hag as United manager in November last year, but could not resurrect the club’s sinking fortunes as the 13-time Premier League registered their worst finish in a Premier League season in more than five decades by finishing 15th.

United ‘in a better place’ compared to last year, feels Amorim

United haven’t had a great start to the current season either despite the club’s board spending over £200 million on summer transfers for Amorim to build the squad as per his needs.

The 40-year-old admitted he was part of a club that has “the more pressure in the world”, but remains up for the challenge.

“This is the club with the most pressure in the world. We want to win and, again, you can say whatever. I think last year I was very critical of the way we play. I think we are playing well until the boxes, defending and attacking.

“We need to be more aggressive in the boxes, we need to be more clinical, the rest we are improving compared to last year, we are in a better place,” he added.