Amorim says Utd are in trouble if they lose Europa League final to Spurs

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Amorim says Utd are in trouble if they lose Europa League final to Spurs  14/05/2025  Old Trafford, Manchester, UK

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00:00Our Premier League game against Chelsea.

00:03Let's start Sunday.

00:05Out of the train today we noticed that some defenders were missing for the league to the

00:11final.

00:12What's the situation with your opponent?

00:14I don't know if they are going to be available.

00:19We are going to try to push because it's the final matches and this is the final.

00:24You know that all the players want to play that really bad.

00:28So I don't know.

00:30I think they will not go to Chelsea but they will have a possibility to have some of them

00:39in the final.

00:40Do you think that you are going to risk Dalo?

00:42Dalo is trying really bad.

00:44I don't want to risk Dalo because when you start getting one injury, second injury and

00:51then it's a big thing, we cannot have these kind of problems in our squad.

00:57So we will see but it's working really hard to get in the final.

01:02Over the last 24, 48 hours since you saw us on Sunday there has been a lot of stories

01:11about not having the parade, about ticket situation for me, final about you personally

01:19paying so members of staff, their families can go to the game.

01:25First of all, what has led to you making that personal gesture and also what is the collective

01:32spirit within the football club?

01:36To start with that, the situation is simple.

01:43You know that we have a lot of things, people leaving, a lot of changing in the staff and

01:52in this moment for our club sometimes it's hard to understand when to give, when to take,

01:59to respect the people that we are taking their jobs in certain moments to survive and to rebuild.

02:08And then it's complicated for the club to start giving to other members of staff so it's a really hard position.

02:20Then that situation was explained and in that moment my reaction was to help because I'm not a good guy,

02:32he's not going to change my life and to help to the staff to be there comfortable, to be a better staff for the final.

02:41Then they talked to the players and the players had the same reaction.

02:46At the same moment they had the same reaction.

02:48So everybody wants the staff there, the families there, but we start to manage things in our club, so it's a simple thing.

02:56Do you feel as though the spirit is there? You've said some very harsh things on Sunday.

03:03Do you feel as though everybody is moving in the same direction?

03:08I think you feel that a final is different, but you can understand that this season has been really tough on everybody.

03:16The results and also the change in the staff and you can feel it in our club.

03:22So we are addressing that during the season, we are changing the way we play during the season.

03:28We have so many bad results in Premier League, so the environment is tough in the moment.

03:33But I guarantee you that when we are preparing a game in the Europa League, the environment is a little bit different.

03:39And you can feel the excitement.

03:41But you can understand that the environment in this year is really tough.

03:47Thanks.

03:48Thanks.

03:49Ruben, I think you said on Sunday that results carry on and maybe someone else would have to have a chance.

03:55Do you seriously see yourself walking away from this club and being given this opportunity?

04:00Or is it taking your mind?

04:02What I'm seeing is that since I arrived here I was talking about the standards.

04:08And I cannot see the team having these results especially in Premier League and not say nothing and not take the responsibility.

04:16It's just that I have a clear idea what to do.

04:19I understand the problems of the team, so I'm far from quitting.

04:23What I'm seeing is that we need to perform.

04:25And we have this season, in the future we need to perform.

04:29Or else they will change us.

04:31That is a normal thing.

04:32Especially after a match.

04:34That was my feeling and it still is my feeling today.

04:39What would the bar go up to you personally?

04:41Winning the trophy or getting the trophy to the Champions League?

04:48Personally for me, I think the Champions League is more important.

04:52For everything.

04:53To prepare the next season.

04:54And we are supposed to be in the Champions League.

05:00And the Europa League here is not enough.

05:02You have that feeling here.

05:03So this is the best way to get, to help us to get in the top in a few years.

05:10It's Champions League.

05:11It's not the title.

05:12It's not the Cup.

05:13So for me, Champions League is more important.

05:16Ruben, you and the players have spoken about in the Europa League.

05:20Physicality has been a bit easier to cope with.

05:22How do you then know about playing as well as a Premier League team?

05:26I know the context is different, but obviously different challenges.

05:30Yeah, the game will play a different game.

05:34It's not the same to play against Fjall Cedat or even Lyon or Atletic Bilbao.

05:40It's going to be different, but we are prepared for that.

05:44And the final is completely different.

05:46The context is different.

05:47The Cup is there.

05:48We can see the Cup.

05:49And even the last years, even with Enag, with some problems, when they reached the final,

05:57they were there.

05:58And you guys know that.

06:00This team can prove already that in the final they can step up.

06:05And we know that.

06:07When you talked about identity at the time a few days ago, about getting used to losing

06:12big matches at home, is that equally frustrating there, that the team can perform these really

06:18big games?

06:19They have the 100% so far, but maybe in other games they are reaching out.

06:22It's more profound than that.

06:25Of course, I understand the context.

06:27I understand that we are not fighting for nothing and we are focused on the Europa League,

06:32but we cannot get used to that.

06:34So if I have to say that every week, I will say every week is my job.

06:39I understand that I am manager of this big club.

06:44That is a problem.

06:45It's not okay.

06:46No matter what.

06:47Even if it is a pre-season match, we need to win it.

06:50We've been asking Jose Mourinho, the last manager to win this trophy with Manchester United.

06:56What would it mean for you to be able to replicate that?

06:59Have you spoken to him at all?

07:02No.

07:03About this final, no.

07:04He has a big job.

07:05I didn't speak with him.

07:09Again, it would be nice for us to win something, to give something to the fans.

07:16It's not important if I follow Jose Mourinho or another manager.

07:21For me, the most important thing is how this title could help us to get back to the top faster.

07:30That is the most important thing.

07:32James?

07:33You said on Sunday, talking about the West Ham game, I don't know what is best, if it's

07:40played in the Champions League or not.

07:42Clearly, it was in the club historically.

07:44The Champions League has huge revenue benefits for transfers and things around it.

07:50But in terms of obviously, if you weren't in the next year, you'd have a lot more time

07:54on the training ground, a lot more time to prepare for the Premier League, a lot more

07:59time to focus on that.

08:00In terms of where the club is at this moment, again, historically, would it actually be better

08:06to know long-term progress next season if you're not in the Champions League as opposed

08:11to that?

08:12That is my feeling.

08:13You explained quite well.

08:15That is my feeling.

08:16We need more time with the team.

08:18We need to arrange a lot of things in Carrington that we need more time to not thinking game

08:24by game by game by game.

08:25And then you have the squad.

08:27We proved this year that we need to be a better squad if we want to win European games

08:34and then to be really competitive during the Premier League is going to be tough.

08:54It's going to be really bad.

08:57I don't want to use that as an excuse.

08:59It's going to be really tough.

09:01And the patience of the fans and you guys, if we don't win it, next year it's going

09:06to be in the limit and we have to be perfect to continue everything.

09:10I know that.

09:11So it's not going to be, it's not better in that way.

09:14It would actually in other ways increase the pressure on you.

09:17Yeah, for sure.

09:18If we don't win, that is clear, but I'm not concerned about that.

09:24It's hard to have a message.

09:37You can see it in every Sunday here.

09:41They are always supporting the team.

09:44We lost a lot of games.

09:45I think it was nine games at home this season.

09:48They are always here.

09:50They are always supporting the manager.

09:53So I have nothing, nothing to say.

09:55The connection with the supporters are really important, especially in this kind of club,

09:59in our club is really important because it can be a game changer.

10:04So we want to build that connection with hard work.

10:10We have to run a lot and win titles.

10:12So we have one title to win.

10:14Let's try to win.

10:15No, no, no, I will not sing it.

10:30They don't deserve that.

10:32The feeling would be really good because I will feel that I helped in something to win something.

10:44It's going to be a really good feeling to give back to the fans.

10:49But again, I think I need to prove a lot more to have the right to a song.

10:55Richard.

10:56I just want to ask you about your career to final 23, final in Portugal and one of the more.

11:02Do you prepare them differently?

11:03You have a special message for your team to get into things like motivation or video?

11:06No, no, that is the easiest part.

11:09I just prepare the games in the same way.

11:12Of course, we pay attention to the details.

11:14We give all the information that we can without being too much information.

11:20So I prepare the game in the same way.

11:22It's the only way I know how.

11:24And just on your 50-90, you've got good results in the biggest games in Anfield at the end of the stadium against Man City in a way.

11:31Do you back them in the final in a game where there's so much at stake?

11:35I think it's a thing of our players also.

11:40And again, they proved in the past that in these kind of games they are prepared to do that.

11:46They have experience, so we'll be prepared for the game.

11:52Last question.

11:53Hi, Ruben.

11:54You yourself were in this competition in your playing days.

11:57And I just wonder, is there any part of your involvement in that final that you've used to help your team prepare for this one?

12:05No, it's just that feeling that I played the final as a player but I lost and it doesn't matter anything.

12:13You will never say that I was a finalist.

12:16So you have to win the final, no matter what.

12:19The feeling is going to be like, what a waste of time, you know?

12:22And the pain will be tougher in the final.

12:25So my message to the players is that we need to win this or else it doesn't matter.

12:33Ok, that concludes on Europa League.

12:35Ok, that concludes on Europa League.

12:37Ok, that concludes on Europa League.

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