Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has thanked co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe for his public display of support towards manager Ruben Amorim.
Amorim has spent the entirety of his first year as United boss under intense scrutiny amid an extended run of mixed results which saw them finish 15th in the Premier League standings last season and land in mid-table after the first seven games of the current campaign.
There have been widespread suggestions that Amorim could soon be sacked if results do not improve, but Ratcliffe went public with his desire to give the boss three full seasons to oversee the sort of improvement enjoyed by Mikel Arteta at Arsenal.
Amorim was grateful for the support, and now Fernandes has admitted the dressing room are all backing the manager to turn things around.
“It’s good for the club to give some stability,” he told Sky Sports.
“We all know, and I think the manager has spoken about it, results make a manager stay or not. The manager is very aware of that. The players are very aware that we need to improve and to win games to help the manager be more stable and be more confident in what we can do in the moment and in the future.
“I think the club needs some stability, that’s the main thing from Sir Jim that he wants to pass through everyone. We’ve always spoken about giving them time. I think sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture, and from the club side, they need to do that.
“As a player and as a group of players, we believe the manager can help this club get back to where it belongs.”
Fernandes continued: “I don't know what the aim of Sir Jim is to say that. I think [maybe] to pass some confidence on to the squad, to the staff, to make it look like we are on a good path, not the one we want, but on a good path.
“We want to improve that. If Sir Jim sees that—the same as the players—that the manager is the right one for the job, it makes it better. We have got two groups looking in the same way.”
