Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United comments ‘bizarre and ridiculous’, says Jamie Carragher | Football News happymamay

Jamie Carragher said he was baffled by Ruben Amorim’s description of Manchester United’s squad as “possibly the worst” in the club’s history and believes it could backfire on the head coach.

The United manager gave his team his harsh assessment after a 3-1 defeat at home to Brighton, a result that left the Old Trafford side languishing in 13th place in the Premier League.

“In 10 Premier League matches, we won two,” Amorim said. “We are probably the worst team in the history of Manchester United. I know you want the headlines, but I say that because we have to acknowledge that and change that. Here are your headlines.”

Carragher says United’s struggles this season are clear to see and Amorim’s strong words only serve to spark more criticism of the club and players.

“I don’t know the history of Manchester United as well as Gary Neville, but I have to say it was one of the most bizarre and ridiculous things I’ve ever heard a manager say,” Carragher said. Sky Sports News before Monday Night Football.

“Why would you make a comment like that… That’s the kind of comment a critic would make, someone in my position, and you have to defend that. I don’t know what he’s going to get out of that, what the benefit is.

“We all know Manchester United are a poor team. They lost another home game to Brighton, they’ve done that the last two years anyway. We know it’s a tough season, we know they’re a weak team. They’ve just taken it easy and that will be a quote that will follow him for the rest of the season.”

“He told reporters there: ‘I’ll give you your headline. Why you would want to do that as a manager, I’ll never know.’

Carragher believes those comments are unlikely to go down well with the team and could cause a problem for Amorim when he tries to motivate them before matches this season.

“It doesn’t help you with your self-confidence in attack,” Carragher said when asked about the impact of Amorim’s words on the players.

“I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the players in the Manchester United dressing room. They’ve been a joke for several years. A few weeks ago, after the Liverpool game, Lisandro Martinez was talking about the mentality the team was playing with.” Different – I almost couldn’t stop laughing when I saw that number of times Manchester United have given up on poor performances over the past four or five years.

“What I would say is how can a coach go into the dressing room from now until the end of the season and constantly try to build them up and give them the belief to beat the opposition, whoever they face, when he said they are ‘Are you one of the worst teams in the history of Manchester United? “I can’t see at any point what he has to gain from it.”

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As for United’s poor form, Carragher insists they must hold off on major signings until the summer, when they have a better chance of bringing in the players Amorim needs to make his system work.

Carragher said: “I don’t think he will get the players he wants in January. We know that it is difficult to sell players or bring in players. It is doubly difficult this season because European competitions started in January.”

“If I were Manchester United, I would keep my team dry in the summer, there will be a lot of movement there as you can bring players in and take players out as well. What you don’t want to do is end up spending money and then getting to the summer and thinking those players aren’t good enough to improve this team.” Or system.

“They will have to go through a lot of pain – we all know that and accept that. I don’t think there is a lot of criticism growing around the manager. They have had some good results away from home, against Arsenal in the FA Cup and Liverpool in the Premier League.

“We know it will be a volatile game because the players are not good enough, they have shown that with different coaches and different systems.

“I can’t get away from the quote he said, I don’t think it was in his best interests at all.”