The dismissal of Ruben Amorim is almost inevitable and can also be predicted.
When he first arrived, both Manchester United's board of directors and fans were full of optimism. But in reality, Amorim seemed to never really feel comfortable with this job.
Man United is very keen to give him the opportunity to lead the team for a full season before the evaluation. Partly because the cost of sacking is said to be up to 12 million pounds. Partly because the obsession with instability will be even greater if the club continues to change the leader too often.
Since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013, Amorim has been the 10th coach to be appointed. However, the result was too bad, causing the board of directors or Amorim himself to no longer have enough time to turn the tide.
It is worth mentioning that the defeat came in the context that the "Red Devils" spent more than £200 million to strengthen the attack in the summer of 2025. Amorim has a whole season to prepare and convey the message.
Many indicators show that the team has improved points, he himself also behaves quite well against media pressure and is loved by many people in the club. However, in the end, the achievements still did not meet the requirements.
Amorim is now joining the increasingly long list of names that have tried and failed to bring Man United back to its golden age.
David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick, Erik ten Hag and now Amorim.
That list includes coaches with very different starting points, experiences and title collections, but their time at Old Trafford has a common denominator. After all, everything is not working as expected.
Rangnick once compared Man United to a "open heart surgery" when he led the team from December 2021 to May 2022. But if you don't "dissect", what other choice is there?
The ownership structure has changed, the head coaches come with their own ideas, and new investments are continuously pumped into the squad over the years. However, core issues are still repeated in a worrying way.
At one point, people are forced to ask the question: can Man United recreate the success that Ferguson built in Manchester nearly 13 years ago?
The glory of the past - although it has become an immortal legacy in English football history - still creates too much shadow covering everyone sitting in the "hot seat" at Old Trafford. The accompanying expectations still make the next coaches easily fall into a spiral of failure, regardless of the squad or each stage of improvement.
Man United once spent 11 million USD to break the contract, recruiting Amorim from Sporting, where he won the national championship in the 2020-2021 and 2023-2024 seasons, and twice won the Portuguese League Cup.
Amorim then succeeded Erik ten Hag, who left after two and a half years leading the Old Trafford team.
