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Manchester United icon Wayne Rooney has issued a cautionary message to Ruben Amorim after the membership’s irritating 1-1 draw with Fulham on Sunday.
United held by Fulham
United headed to Craven Cottage with loads of optimism, following their encouraging show within the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal the earlier weekend.
Regardless of dropping, there was a lot to love about United’s efficiency and confidence within the camp was excessive {that a} optimistic end result towards Fulham would observe.
The Crimson Devils began nicely, fashioning a number of clear-cut possibilities and dominating possession however they may not capitalise, which allowed the hosts to slowly get again into the sport. Fulham ultimately took management and appeared the significantly better facet.
Nevertheless, towards the run of play, United took the lead within the 58th minute as Leny Yoro’s header was deflected in by Rodrigo Muniz. It appeared United had been headed for his or her first three factors of the 2025/26 Premier League season but it surely was to not be, as they had been pegged again simply 58 minutes later. An unmarked Emile Smith Rowe was allowed to make a darting run on the close to put up earlier than he poked the ball previous the attain of Altay Bayindir.
After the ultimate whistle, Amorim blamed the result on United’s poor game management, insisting his gamers had been extra involved about sustaining the rating line somewhat than pushing the opponent and going for the kill.
However, doubts over Amorim have begun resurfacing amongst sections of the fanbase, and Rooney has harassed that the Portuguese coach has nowhere to cover and must ship outcomes quickly.
Rooney sounds warning to Amorim
Rooney mentioned on the Wayne Rooney present, “There are not any excuses now for the supervisor this season. He’s obtained to start out getting outcomes and getting outcomes shortly as a result of when you begin stepping into October, November, if outcomes don’t change drastically then that’s when stress comes.”
“United actually wanted to hit the bottom working this season and one level from six is a fear.”
“It’s solely two video games into the season however the worrying signal is we’re seeing issues that we noticed final season and that’s a priority.”
Requested whether or not Amorim is the best man for the job, Rooney answered, “It’s tough to sit down right here and say, ‘yeah 100 per cent’ – I don’t assume anybody might try this. I don’t assume Ruben would most likely say that himself with what we’ve seen since he’s been on the membership.”
United’s report goalscorer continued, “I feel the recruitment has been good in the summertime – I nonetheless wish to see two or three extra gamers introduced in. Nevertheless it’s tough (to say), ‘proper, that is going to be our supervisor for the following 5 years’ on what we’ve seen.”
Ruben Amorim has ‘no extra excuses’ and ‘wants outcomes shortly’ at Manchester United after this weekend’s draw towards Fulham. #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/xB4KBs213p
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 25, 2025
Amorim and his gamers are again in motion on Wednesday after they face Grimsby City within the second spherical of the EFL Cup.
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