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Ruben Amorim has laughed off the idea that criticism could ever rattle him, suggesting his difficult spell at Manchester United has essentially made him bulletproof to even the harshest of opinions—including those from club icons.
Few managerial roles in football attract as much scrutiny as the Man Utd hot seat—something Amorim experienced firsthand across his 63 games at the helm between November 2024 and January 2026. A host of club legends operating in the media, including Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, were never hesitant to voice their displeasure, frequently piling on when Amorim's team was already under the cosh.
"Criticism is part of the job," said Amorim, now managing AC Milan, when asked about the reaction to his side's recent 1–1 stalemate against Juventus. "It's impossible that it's more than what I received at my previous club!"
When pushed further on the opinions of former players specifically, Amorim once again drew on his turbulent time at Old Trafford.
"I was at a club in the past with a lot of legends, and they have strong opinions, and they speak a lot about things," he said. "They played in a completely different era."
Michael Carrick Facing First Taste of Pressure
Amorim appeared to face scrutiny after virtually every match—hardly surprising given he won only 25 of his 63 games at the United helm—but he was far from the first manager to endure such pressure at the club. And clearly, he won't be the last.
Former United skipper Roy Keane has openly questioned Carrick's ability in recent months. More recently, Gary Neville even drew comparisons between Carrick and both Amorim and his predecessor Erik ten Hag, following a 2–2 draw with Everton.
"Teams think they've got a chance against them," Neville said on his self-titled podcast. "I thought they were a little bit complacent and I was saying it after the first goal, they lacked that killer instinct before that period when Everton equalized and then they react again.
"Everton weren't at it at all in that first half—United were the better team and didn't have that killer instinct up top and certainly from 1–0 up to 1–1 they let Everton back in the game. It's not going full throttle when you've got a team down, putting them away and then this liability of conceding goals.
"I don't think it's going to go away and that's my big fear. I think conceding goals is going to chase them and hunt them down the road and I don't know how Michael deals with it because he's got his best back four on the pitch.
"I don't know why Luke Shaw went off with five minutes to go—hopefully he's not injured. I don't know why [Diogo] Dalot went off with five minutes to go. To be fair, Ruben Amorim and Erik ten Hag used to change their back four a lot as well.
"You can't be changing your back four. If you've got [Piero] Hincapié to come on for [Riccardo] Calafiori maybe you can, but United have got a back four of Shaw, Dalot, [Harry] Maguire and Lisandro Martínez and they've not got much behind that. So you can't really change your back four at 1–0 or 2–1."