{"id":21981,"date":"2026-01-05T15:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/manchester-united-sack-manager-amorim\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:58","slug":"manchester-united-sack-manager-amorim","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/manchester-united-sack-manager-amorim\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United sack manager Amorim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United have sacked head coach Ruben Amorim, the Premier League club said on Monday, a day after they were held to a draw by relegation-threatened Leeds United.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club\u2019s leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change. This will give the team the best opportunity of the highest possible Premier League finish,&#8221; the club said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United are 17 points behind leaders Arsenal, and have won only one of their last five matches.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The decision comes a day after Amorim had bristled at questions about his job security, delivering a defiant message that he came to United as a manager with full authority and not merely a coach taking orders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Amorim had looked downbeat on Friday when discussing potential transfers, and after Leeds draw the Portuguese coach grew visibly irritated when pressed about whether he still had the board&#8217;s confidence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The 40-year-old cut off reporters with a sharp rebuke about &#8220;selective information&#8221; before launching into an emphatic defence of his position.<br \/>\nAmorim made clear he has no intention of walking away from Old Trafford, repeatedly emphasising his managerial authority over simply coaching duties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21982,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-21981","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Manchester United are 17 points behind leaders Arsenal.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Manchester United are 17 points behind leaders Arsenal.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25438,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21981\/revisions\/25438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}