Ruben Amorim has been sacked as manager of Manchester United with immediate effect.
The 40-year-old took charge at Old Trafford in November of 2023, but has endured a torrid time of things in Manchester during his 14 months in charge, signing off with a 1-1 draw away to Leeds United yesterday.
United and Scotland hero Darren Fletcher, whose twin sons both made the bench at Elland Road, will take temporary charge as the Red Devils travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley on Wednesday, with the backroom staff also departing.
Amorim’s spell is the shortest of any Manchester United manager since David Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 and only lasted eight months, however Amorim has the worst win rate of any United manager in the Premier League with 32%, and a record low clean sheet ratio of 15%.
His side’s best chance of silverware came in last season’s Europa League final, in which they lost 1-0 to Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur who finished 17th in the league the same season, incredulously only two places behind Manchester United in 15th.
He seemingly survived the unfathomable in August of last year when League Two Grimsby Town knocked United out of the EFL cup on penalties, but a lack of ‘evolution’ this season has provided the club’s board with no choice.
