Why Ruben Amorim must sack Ruud van Nistelrooy now to have any chance of fixing Manchester United’s ‘shit show’

WHEN Ruben Amorim comes to Manchester, he has a LOT of mess to clean up in a short space of time.

I really like Amorim – he’s a great coach and everything about him is world class, even the way he conducted himself after leaving Sporting Lisbon.

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But he has a damn cool job.

I’m not saying these United guys aren’t good enough, but they’re nowhere near good enough for Amorim. His sports teams kick ass.

There will be a lot of ups and downs until January 1st, and then – oh my God – he will have to go out with a broom and sweep everything up.

If you’re going into this shit with a ball of yarn that needs untangling, where do you start? Good luck with that, Ruben.

You need to introduce rules because the sacked Erik ten Hag has apparently tried to lead this club like a dictator and from what I’ve heard the Carrington training ground is completely divided as a result.

Expectations will be high as United have just spent over £10 million to bring you and your coaching team from Portugal.

You will have your own fitness and nutrition specialists.

Can these players do what you want them to do? Are they suitable enough? Probably not.

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You will have to set up everything from your gym routines to your training sessions, and during this period several players will drop like flies because of it.

I’m glad United dealt with Amorim quickly. If they hadn’t done that, they would have gone the route of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with Ruud van Nistelrooy again.

The new manager’s bounce and 5-2 demolition of Leicester in the League Cup were always going to happen. This is no coincidence.

Ten Hag would watch and think, “How the hell is this frustrating?” even if he really deserved to lose his job.

Bruno Fernandes scored his first goals of the season and Casemiro suddenly fired into the screamers with Old Trafford hero Van Nistelrooy on the sidelines.

But a club legend takes over, plays a very poor Leicester team in the cup, and a new manager is on the way… it will always be that way.

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It’s similar to when you’ve been with your partner for a long time.

You get dumped and you go to the gym to get in shape and find someone new. It never lasts long.

And make no mistake: after that weird “new manager bounce” phase, reality would hit them again because you can’t cheat it during the season.

There’s a reason they’re 14th in the Premier League.

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WITH games they came from a free kick against Chelsea on Sunday – PAOK and Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League, and Leicester, Ipswich and Everton in the Premier League – suddenly United could get a few points and the board of directors thought: “Why not Ruud?” ‘

But it would be just another intimidation until next It’s a tough race against Arsenal, Manchester City and Spurs in the League Cup quarter-finals in December.

I remember when Marco Silva was sacked from Watford and Javi Gracia came in and we started the real race.

Why? Partially because we were a really good team and that paved the way for a clean transition. This is a truly underrated part.

The person who comes out of this best? Ruud. He will have good paid package.

His stock would rise and he would not be tainted by Ten Hag’s tenure.

Even if United lose 7-0 to Chelsea, Ruud can say: “It’s not my fault. The players were distracted by the departure of Ten Hag and the new coach.”

My advice to Ruben? Don’t leave Ruud on. You want to clear the deck as soon as you get there so it’s just your people around you.

Only then will you be able to understand what the problems are and how to solve them.

VIN SNUB IS NOT ABOUT THE RACE

You’re looking for the Ballon d’Or right now and the first name that comes up is Vinicius Jr.

Much was made about his failure to attend the awards ceremony after his defeat to Rodri. Was it annoying? Yes. Embarrassing? It depends on how you look at it.

Vinicius has excelled this year, winning La Liga and the Champions League, but he didn’t do well in Brazil and that’s what cost him.

Look at previous winners like Lionel Messi last year – he played for Inter Miami but won the World Cup for Argentina.

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This seems to be what the Ballon d’Or delivers.

Rodri did the same with Spain at the Euros.

If England had beaten them in the final it would probably have gone to Jude Bellingham.

In my opinionVinicius was indoctrinated by the wrong people who told him he had a guarantee to win and it would have been unanimous and I believe that got through to him.

He got into it thinking he would be elevated to superstar status.

I don’t think we should do this race problem, as his cryptic tweets thereafter may have implied.

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To think you’re going to win it and then don’t must take a lot out of you, especially after a disappointing weekend where his Real Madrid side were just defeated by Barcelona in the El Clasico.

Regardless, I think he should have won the Ballon d’Or.

Should he go to the awards ceremony? Perhaps, but let’s not put too much pressure on him.