Man Utd dressing room 'make Ruben Amorim complaints' as INEOS decide on sack

Ruben Amorim's dressing room is split over their support of the Manchester United head coach after a disastrous start to his reign, according to reports. A few of Amorim's players publicly backed him to succeed after Wednesday's crushing Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, but others are said to have reservations.

The Portuguese boss has won 16 and lost 17 of his first 41 matches in charge of United after replacing Erik ten Hag in November. In the Premier League, he has overseen just six wins and a staggering 14 defeats across 26 games, leaving his side 16th with one game remaining. A 1-0 loss in Bilbao was the latest sucker punch, having also crashed out of the Carabao Cup to Spurs and suffered an FA Cup exit at home to Fulham.

According to the , United have no intention of sacking Amorim before handing him a summer transfer window to launch his mammoth rebuild.

The Red Devils are said to be standing by the under-fire head coach, but support is wavering inside the dressing room.

The report adds that there is an increasingly mixed sentiment about Amorim among United's underperforming players.

It's claimed that numerous stars consider the 40-year-old too over-confident in a system that clearly hasn't worked throughout his first six months.

Some of Amorim's squad reportedly can't understand why he is placing so much faith in his failing approach, and they aren't happy with his plans to persist with a 3-4-3 formation.

It's not the first time claims of player discontent towards a struggling head coach have emerged at Old Trafford, but Amorim has the backing of a few leaders in his ranks.

After suffering Europa League final heartbreak, United captain Bruno Fernandes said: "We just agreed that he's the right man.

"He has done a lot of good things. We know that the manager is looked at by the results. Obviously, we see more than that as players.

"It's not my decision but I do think the manager is the right one and I don't think that there will be a better person to do the job.

"I know it's difficult to understand that. But I still do think that he's the right man to lead the club.

"I do think that the club is in a situation where it's easier to get a different one in because the results haven't been there. But as my other teammates said, and I repeat myself, I do think he's the right man."

Diogo Dalot and Luke Shaw also launched a staunch defence of Amorim, both insisting they were "100 per cent sure" he was the right man for the job.