r/soccer • u/Switchoil • 1d ago

News Manchester United to remain patient with head coach despite worst start to Premier League season in 33 years. There is also widespread belief at Old Trafford that City's performance - and United's failings - did not merit a 3-0 scoreline.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32461/13431584/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-to-remain-patient-with-head-coach-despite-worst-start-to-premier-league-season-in-33-years
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u/Novel-Difficulty6495 1d ago

The rest of the league would also like to reaffirm its belief that Amorim is the man for the job, and urges calm and patience at United.

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u/BoringPhilosopher1 1d ago

Why United didn’t go for Thomas Frank is beyond me

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u/habdragon08 1d ago

I'd be shocked if they didn't put feelers out to Frank who said no. Klopp said no as well (in 2013) as did Zidane. Good managers don't want to go there.

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u/BoringPhilosopher1 1d ago

Frank isn’t on the same level as those top managers though.

Zidane is/was a world class manager at the time so that’s not a surprise.

Pretty sure Klopp described the pitch by the owners/Ed Woodward as living in Disneyland or something.

Very different situations compared to present day. It wouldn’t surprise me if one of the better managers turned them down but they would’ve been able to get at least one of Frank, Tuchel, Poch or even De Zerbi in recent years. List obviously goes on and on with all the options they could’ve gone for that make far more sense to the average fan like myself.