Ruben Amorim has accepted his job is “in danger” as long as Manchester United’s poor run of form continues.
United lost their third game in a row with a 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day.
Amorim has had little time to work with his players since taking over from Erik ten Hag in November. But despite the mitigating factors contributing to a run of five defeats in the last seven matches, Amorim said he did not feel safe at Old Trafford.
“The Manchester United manager can never, no matter what happens, be comfortable,” Amorim said.
“I know if we don’t win, it doesn’t matter whether they pay the buyout (for me) or not, I know every manager is in danger and I like it because it’s the job, so I understand the question.
“You can say I’ve been here a month and I’ve had four (sessions) of training, but we’re not winning. That’s the reality and I’m pretty comfortable with that.”
Part of the problem Amorim faces is trying to implement their 3-4-3 system in the middle of the season and without the benefit of working with their players during pre-season.
The 39-year-old initially told United he would prefer to take up the role next summer rather than be parachuted into the role in November.
Asked if this scenario would have given him a better chance of success, he replied: “There’s no point talking about it or thinking about it. I’m here and I have to concentrate on my job. It’s part of football to live through these difficult times. I already knew it was going to be hard.
“You expect to win more games, have more confident players to sell the idea and work and improve things.
“Right now it’s really hard. We have to survive to have time and then improve the team.”
United face a tough run of games as they look to bounce back from back-to-back defeats to Tottenham, Bournemouth and Wolves.
Newcastle travel to Old Trafford on Monday before a trip to league leaders Liverpool on January 5 and an FA Cup tie against Arsenal a week later.
Newcastle have won their last four games after scoring 14 goals and Amorim is expecting a “nervous” night against Eddie Howe’s side.
“We have to fight against everything because our supporters are still here, but they are tired of this moment,” he said.
“We have to expect that any Newcastle play close to our box will make the stadium nervous and our players have to deal with that. So they are a very strong team, very fast with a lot of pace, with a lot of time to work .with the same coach, and we want to be competitive and try to win the game, that’s all.”
