Since taking over as manager of Manchester United last season, Ruben Amorim has not been playing around.
He has established new benchmarks and is working to alter the toxic culture both in public and private at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils have been having problems on and off the field for more than ten years, and much of it has been influenced by the culture that exists behind the scenes.
Now, Amorim has made it very clear that he is here to change that.
In Ruben Amorim’s press conference at Chicago Fire’s training centre, the Ahletic reports that Amorim addressed his change in rules, commenting, “The rules are not to treat the players as babies; they have sons.”
He continued: “I treat them as a man, but they have rules now. And that can change the way you train.
“If you don’t train in the right way, I have footage to show you. And I show you in front of everybody. So I’m always on top. They understand that when I say one thing, I will do it.
“That is really important. And the change of culture is more a club thing than a manager thing. I cannot do everything by myself.”
He further continues, “I expect in one phase that I don’t need to do anything, because they will push each other.”
“But in the moment, if you train one time bad, I will show you the image. I will not just speak. I will show everything. So that really requires a lot of energy. But what I feel in this year is that I have more people to do that.”
Amorim then revealed he has a new leadership group of players, giving more responsibility to Diogo Dalot, Noussair Mazraoui, Tom Heaton, and Lisandro Martinez.
The Portuguese manager explained: “We have a leadership group now. It’s not just Bruno Fernandes. It’s not just Harry Maguire. It’s six guys now.”
He continued: “They are responsible for the group. There are some things that, in the last year, I had to deal with that.
“I said to them, ‘You deal with that. Small issues are with you guys. You are responsible.’ All these small changes, it’s helping the group.”
“So it’s not just the oldest one, Nous is in the group because he’s a character that I like. I try to understand the dynamic of the group, try to reach every space.”
“They are the guys who are responsible for keeping everyone in line.”
