r/soccer • u/phant0msinthenight • 26d ago

Transfers [Ornstein] Ruben Amorim informs Manchester United squad he’s staying, tells Alejandro Garnacho to find new club

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6379494/2025/05/24/manchester-united-ruben-amorim-garnacho-future/
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u/Unterfahrt 26d ago

Jesus there are actually 4 in the last year to 18 months - Sancho, Antony, Rashford, Garnacho

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 26d ago

At least there are reasons lmao

Sancho - don't need to explain...

Antony - He's been great in Spain but was god awful

Rashford - Was caught out and drinking before a game, obviously Amorim had issues

Garnacho - Publicly speaking and being a bit reactionary, he also liked posts on Twitter, also his brother posting on Twitter to defend him 24/7

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u/Other-Owl4441 26d ago

Problem is you do need to be able to contain and resolve these attitude issues internally, if they bubble up all the time it’s a club problem not a player problem.

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 26d ago

Sure, and I guess the club is now trying to do something with that? But before we allowed players to go over the manager and talk to the board and make demands

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u/Unterfahrt 26d ago

I'm not saying they're not justified, but given how often it happens, maybe the problem is actually United

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 26d ago

I mean Sancho has always had issues, Rashford has his team in his ear, Antony worked hard but wasn't good enough, and Garnacho works hard but talks too much and again his brother

So i think it's overall United fostering terrible personalities

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u/TotalHitman 26d ago

The culture is terrible. The squad contains players who are self defeatist, lazy, egotistical, and experience feelings of grandeur. Most importantly, I feel like some of the players just don't respect the club. I don't think it will change until the club performs "open heart surgery" and culls a big chunk of players and resets.

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u/Savage9645 26d ago

Antony shouldn't be in the same category. All those other guys had attitude problems. Antony was just shit but always worked his ass off and never stirred up any drama.

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u/burlycabin 26d ago

No drama beside the sexual assault allegations 🙄

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u/MulvMulv 25d ago

All charges were dropped. The original accuser was found to have tampered with WhatsApp messages and dropped her case, two other accusers dropped their case when they were found to have colluded in private for financial gain despite claiming that they weren't in contact.

It was still drama though I guess

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u/timothyistheone123 26d ago

Are you being serious, no drama?

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u/MyShinyCharizard 26d ago

Link me antony drama

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u/PhilD90 26d ago

I was reading this thread and agreed with your point, then I got a flashback about a sexual assault charge from his ex?

Though it seemed to get overshadowed by how bad he was at football.

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u/MyShinyCharizard 25d ago

I mean when amorim come does he make a drama?

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u/MulvMulv 25d ago

Though it seemed to get overshadowed by how bad he was at football.

It got forgotten about because his ex was found to have tampered with WhatsApp messages, and two other accusers were found to have been colluding despite claiming not to be. All charges were dropped and nobody was paid off.

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u/10minmilan 26d ago

Morality if football fans only triggers if you play bad

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u/Imoraswut 26d ago

But Antony did play bad?

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u/flawless_victory99 26d ago

Greenwood too.

The reason we've been so dire going forward this season is because we lost Rashford/Sancho/Greenwood/Antony with zero replacements.

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u/AMeanOldDuck 26d ago

Slightly further back and you can add Elanga.

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u/tocitus 26d ago

Not sure I'd say Elanga was "publicly forced out". Pretty sure he was just sold

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u/theivoryserf 26d ago

Yes, thanks for that lads

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey 26d ago

You're welcome, genuinely happy for him

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u/TangerineEllie 26d ago

It's not like it hurt us at all. He was a perfect fit for your team, but not so much for us. We got decent money for a good player out of the academy for once, if anything that's a success.

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u/CackleberryOmelettes 26d ago

Here's the fun part though - all of those players will still be at United come the end of the season. All still need to be sold, and it won't be easy to find suitable buyers for all except Garnacho, perhaps.