When Ruben Amorim enter Old Trafford, everybody hope say e go bring new light for Man Utd after Erik ten Hag wahala. Ten Hag no really know wetin e dey do before Sir Jim Ratcliffe sack am, and because Amorim just finish wonderful season for Sporting, people expect nothing but success.
But the matter no stay so. Pressure start to dey build, press conference become wahala, and training ground turn battlefield. Amorim dey try to make players understand im system, but dem no fit follow im vision. Some people talk say im style na im way, and e no ready to change. But di results no dey there, and na im make dem remove am from Man Utd.
E earn bad record as di worst Man Utd manager for history – 36.2% win rate overall, and 31.9% for Premier League. Dis one no good at all. But still, AC Milan hire am take over from Max Allegri, after dem lose to Cagliari for San Siro for di final day of 2025/26 Serie A season, and dem no fit enter Champions League.
Amorim start im Italy journey for early June, but e no sweet at all. For pre-season, im team draw with Celtic and Inter, then lose 3-0 to Chelsea. After those three matches, e meet di board and tell dem say e go still play five at de back – di same style wey serve am well for Portugal but no work for England.
E dey do like e do for Man Utd wen e bin don drop Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford. For Milan, e don already tell seven players say dem no needed again. Di players na Fikayo Tomori, Christopher Nkunku, Youssouf Fofana, David Odogu, Pervis Estupinan, Santiago Gimenez, and Philip Terracciano. Amorim really dey put im neck for di line.
But dis one no go be Man Utd number two, because Milan hierarchy no go allow am to dey suffer for long. E don stake all im reputation on making di remaining players perform well, plus one or two new signings. If e no fit get things right, im future as top coach go dey in trouble.
Although some of those exits make sense – Gimenez score only one Serie A goal for 2025/26 – e still big risk for di manager. E no get room for error with di kind statement e don make. But e no dey fear. E tell reporters: “Na very big challenge I accept, even if afta di last one I tell myself say I go take smaller one. Perhaps na bigger challenge, but I dey Milan to win, and if you be Milan coach you get to get dis mentality.”
“I no dey naive, I know say work plenty dey, but if you be Milan coach, you get to play to win.” With Rafael Leao future still unclear, more wahala fit still come for di club. If Amorim fit succeed after all this, im time for Italy go make everybody forget di nightmare for Manchester – and e need dat one quick quick.
