A MAN APART

AN “EMBARRASSED” Ruben Amorim raised doubts about his Manchester United future after another poor performance from his team in a 2-0 home loss to West Ham on Sunday.

Three days after United reached the Europa League final, they were brought back down to earth by another lowly side in the Hammers, with the London club recording their first top-flight win at Old Trafford since 2007.

Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen scored the visitors’ goals as United, once the undisputed kings of English football, suffered a 17th defeat in 36 league games this season to sit 16th.

This latest swak display angered Amorim, who has already given his team several public dressing downs since replacing the sacked Erik ten Hag as United manager in November.

Amorim says: “For me the biggest concern is that feeling that ‘it’s okay’, and ‘we cannot change our position so much so it’s okay’.

“That is the biggest problem in our club in this moment because we are losing the feeling of we are a massive club and it's the end of the world to lose a game at home.”

Amorim, asked how it felt to see his side so low in the Premier League, replied: “How a manager of Manchester United supposed to feel in that position – embarrassed and it’s hard to accept.”

He adds: “I don’t want to talk about players. I’m talking about myself and the culture in the club and the culture in the team.

“We need to change that and we need to be really strong in the summer and to be brave because we will not have a next season like this. If we start like this, or if the feeling is still here, we should give the space to different persons.”