“No excuses now!”: Wayne Rooney fires ominous warning to Ruben Amorim


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 a number of optimism, following their encouraging show within the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal the earlier weekend.

Regardless of dropping, there was loads to love about United’s efficiency and confidence within the camp was excessive {that a} constructive outcome in opposition to Fulham would comply with.

The Crimson Devils began properly, 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 regarded the a lot better facet.

Nonetheless, in opposition to 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 however it 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 submit earlier than he poked the ball previous the attain of Altay Bayindir.

After the ultimate whistle, Amorim blamed the outcome on United’s poor sport administration, insisting his gamers had been extra involved about sustaining the rating line reasonably than pushing the opponent and going for the kill.

However, doubts over Amorim have begun resurfacing amongst sections of the fanbase, and Rooney has confused that the Portuguese coach has nowhere to cover and must ship outcomes quickly.

Rooney sounds warning to Amorim

Rooney stated on the Wayne Rooney present, “There aren’t any excuses now for the supervisor this season. He’s acquired 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 operating 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 fitting man for the job, Rooney answered, “It’s tough to sit down right here and say, ‘yeah 100 per cent’ – I don’t suppose anybody might do this. I don’t suppose 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 need to see two or three extra gamers introduced in. However it’s tough (to say), ‘proper, that is going to be our supervisor for the following 5 years’ on what we’ve seen.”

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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