Ruben Amorim has been blamed for Manchester United’s issues (Image: GETTY)
icon Paul Merson has put ’s problems down to their manager . The Portuguese coach replaced in the Old Trafford dugout last autumn but has failed to turn the team’s fortunes around.
United were 13th in the table when at the end of October.
And they have fallen to 15th under Amorim, with the former Sporting manager winning just four of his 15 league matches since taking charge.
“ is the problem at ,” Merson wrote in his column. “The three at the back isn’t working the way he’d planned. So change it.
“He’s not helping the players, he’s helping himself by just keeping it the way he’s been used to playing all his managerial career or most of it.
“Top managers are flexible. They go, ‘You know what, I don’t really want to play this way, but I’ve got to play to the players’ strengths, and then when I can get my players in at the end of the season, I’ll go back to playing the way I want to play.’
“But at the moment they need to start playing a different way because they won’t beat Real Sociedad [in the Europa League] playing like this.”
Arsenal icon Paul Merson doesn’t think Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim will lose his job (Image: GETTY)
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Amorim has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks due to United’s struggles on the pitch.
But his players showed they are still willing to fight for him after they battled back from a 2-0 deficit to at Goodison Park on Saturday.
and Manuel Ugarte struck to clinch a point for the Red Devils after Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure had scored for the hosts. The result left United 14 points adrift of the top four and 13 points above the relegation zone by the end of the weekend.
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And Merson added: “I don’t think they will move Amorim on either. They don’t have the money to start all over again. They’ll have to go with this man.
“But my worry is, we all know that they can’t play three at the back – we know they’re all over the place. They haven’t got the feet and the legs in midfield. So change it.
“He keeps on sending these players out to fail and, at the moment, that’s what’s happening every other week.
“This team won’t win the Premier League. They need five or six players, so why not just play to their strengths, get through this season, and then go and get the players you need?”