00:01Manchester United have no plans to replace head coach Ruben Amarim despite their 3-1 defeat to Brentford at the weekend.
00:09United blew their chance of winning back-to-back Premier League games for the first time under the Portuguese head coach
00:15as they were defeated 3-1 by Brentford in the early kick-off on Saturday.
00:20It means United have taken just 34 points from 33 Premier League matches under Ruben Amarim
00:26and there is more pressure on the head coach due to the fact that United don't seem to have improved at all
00:32from their dreadful worst ever Premier League campaign in his debut season.
00:38Ruben Amarim still just about retains the backing though of the United board.
00:42It is less than a year since he replaced Eric Ten Haag. That was November 2024
00:47and I think that is a key factor here in why he is still in the United job.
00:53He is under increased pressure. There are now serious questions over his position
00:58but he is the guy that Ineos hired. Eric Ten Haag was not their man.
01:02It was an easier decision to replace him in November last year.
01:06Sorry, they got rid of him in October and replaced him with Amarim in November
01:10and that was easier to do because he was from the previous regime.
01:14Ruben Amarim is their guy. He is the man that needs to make it work.
01:17The person that they backed with over £200 million in the summer transfer window as well.
01:23So there is a real pressure from United to try and make Amarim work
01:27but it is under no illusion either now that he is under serious pressure to turn things around.
01:32United host Sunderland in the Premier League this weekend before the international break.
01:36If they don't win that, well then maybe it will be the point of no return for Ruben Amarim.
01:42A trip to Anfield awaits after the international break.
01:44Also got games at home to Brighton and away against Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur in the near future.
01:52So United sources insist and the club sources insist that they are not talking to anyone else,
01:58lining anyone up to be a potential alternative.
02:01But we understand that there are considerations about who might potentially replace Amarim.
02:06Of course, United would only make a managerial change if they felt they had someone who could become available
02:12who would do a better job and that isn't guaranteed right now.
02:17I think that's maybe the area of concern for lots of United fans,
02:20that they've had so many different types of managers since Sir Alex Ferguson retired
02:24and they've just not found one that works yet.
02:27If they get rid of Ruben Amarim, who is next?
02:29It's very difficult to say.
02:31Right now, United hope it doesn't come to that.
02:32Sunderland at home in the Premier League this weekend and Ruben Amarim will take charge of the match.
02:38Will it be his last?
02:39We'll wait and see.
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