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Manchester United person reportedly acceptable their sights connected a top-six decorativeness adjacent season, contempt being connected people for their worst league decorativeness successful implicit 50 years.
With conscionable 2 games to spell successful the existent Premier League season, United beryllium down successful 16th and are yet to scope the magical 40-point mark, a tally that astir clubs battling relegation purpose for astatine the commencement of the campaign.
The Red Devils' decision to West Ham connected Sunday day was their 17th league decision of the campaign, the astir they person notched up since the nine were relegated backmost successful 1974.
Nine of those losses person travel astatine Old Trafford, including the 2-0 decision astatine the hands of the Hammers, which is simply a associated nine record. The past clip United mislaid that galore location games successful a azygous run was 62 years ago.
Ruben Amorim's broadside are present 7 league matches without a win, and though reaching the Europa League last provided a much-needed distraction, United's home troubles are worse than they person ever been successful the Premier League era.
Despite each this, according to the Manchester Evening News, the United hierarchy person acceptable a people for Amorim and his players adjacent season.
The Manchester United hierarchy person reportedly acceptable a people of a apical six decorativeness adjacent season
United are 16th and are confirmed to grounds their lowest league decorativeness successful implicit 50 years
Ruben Amorim looks similar a antheral astatine the extremity of his tether arsenic United proceed to suffer games
However, whether the Portuguese manager volition adjacent beryllium astatine the nine travel August has been thrown into question pursuing comments helium made aft helium watched United suffer their 13th league lucifer nether his stewardship.
'It's not the player's fault. It's my fault, I'm responsible. If we cannot alteration that truly fast, we should springiness our spot to antithetic people,' said Amorim.
United person plummeted to depths of despair that seemed unimaginable adjacent 12 months ago, backmost erstwhile Erik 10 Hag was nether unit for a lowly eighth spot finish.
This season, it remains feasible that the Red Devils could decorativeness arsenic debased arsenic 17th, with lone the 3 promoted clubs finishing beneath them. The worst of the rest.
Since arriving successful November, Amorim has lone racked up six wins from 25 matches successful the Premier League. Three of those came against Southampton, Leicester, and Ipswich, who person each been relegated.
In Europe, it's a antithetic shot game. United person gone the full Europa League play unbeaten and are acceptable to instrumentality connected chap domestic-strugglers Tottenham successful the competition's showpiece successful Bilbao adjacent week. The victor volition suffice for the Champions League.
The last is the past happening connected Amorim's mind, however. His concerns look solely targeted astatine changing the club's fortunes successful the Premier League.
'To beryllium honorable with you, I'm not acrophobic astir the final,' Amorim continued. 'It's by acold the smallest occupation successful our club. We request to alteration thing that is deeper than this.
Wes Ham condemned United to a grounds 17th league decision of the play connected Sunday afternoon
Amorim was near 'embarrassed' arsenic helium has lone won six of his 25 league games successful charge
'We are showing that successful the extremity of this play that we are not... Playing successful the Premier League and Champions League for america is the moon. So we request to cognize that.
'I'm not acrophobic astir the final. They volition beryllium focused and I don't cognize what is best, if it's playing successful Champions League oregon not. So let's deliberation astir Chelsea to amended a batch of things.'
No substance however galore points United prime up from their last 2 games, which are against Champions League chasers Chelsea and Aston Villa, the nine volition grounds their worst league decorativeness since they dropped down to the 2nd tier successful 1974.
To decorativeness successful the apical six this season, it is imaginable that the clubs successful the running, specified arsenic Villa and the Blues, volition request 69 points.
The Red Devils presently lone person 39 points to their name, which means they volition request to dramatically amended to deed their expected people adjacent term.
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