{"id":81167,"date":"2026-01-05T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81167"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:45:12","slug":"breaking-manchester-united-part-ways-with-ruben-amorim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/05\/breaking-manchester-united-part-ways-with-ruben-amorim\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Manchester United Part Ways With R\u00faben Amorim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have reportedly parted ways with head coach R\u00faben Amorim following growing tension and a breakdown in trust with the club hierarchy.<br \/>\nSources said Amorim\u2019s position became untenable after his post-match comments following Sunday\u2019s 1-1 draw with Leeds United, where he questioned the club\u2019s structure and his authority. The former Sporting CP manager insisted he was hired as a \u201cmanager, not just a head coach,\u201d remarks that reportedly did not sit well with executives.<br \/>\nAmorim, who joined United in November 2024 as Erik ten Hag\u2019s replacement, struggled for consistency this season, with mixed league results increasing pressure on both him and the club.<br \/>\nWhile Manchester United have yet to issue an official statement, insiders say discussions late Sunday night and early Monday morning led to the decision. Amorim, 40, was under contract until 2027, but his public criticism of internal operations accelerated the split.<br \/>\nThe club is expected to announce an interim manager soon as the search for a permanent replacement begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Manchester United have reportedly parted ways with head coach R\u00faben Amorim following growing tension and a breakdown in trust with the club hierarchy. Sources said Amorim\u2019s position became untenable after his post-match comments following Sunday\u2019s 1-1 draw with Leeds United, where he questioned the club\u2019s structure and his authority. The former Sporting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1754,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81169,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81167\/revisions\/81169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}