Ruben Amorim finds himself under pressure once again at Manchester United following the disappointing defeat to Everton.
Just as confidence was growing around Ruben Amorim’s status as Manchester United head coach, Everton’s 1-0 win at Old Trafford brought the mood crashing down.
It ended a run of five matches unbeaten in the Premier League and United now sit 10th in the table after missing a chance to climb into the top four.
Despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s public support of Amorim, the toothless approach that United took against a 10-man Everton side has understandably raised concerns over his future.
Nicky Butt tips Man United legend to become manager
United have tried every possible type of manager to try and return to their former glory since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
Jose Mourinho brought discipline and charisma, Louis van Gaal a deep tactical understanding, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lived and breathed United, and Erik ten Hag was the young, upcoming coach who was supposed to bring an energetic style of play.
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Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast, United legend Nicky Butt can’t believe his former teammate Roy Keane has never been offered the job.
“The only one I can never get my head around is why Roy Keane never got a chance at Man United. I do, and he’s a mate, so it’s a bit biased, but if you look at his personality and his playing career, his character and what he did in his management, he did unbelievable at Sunderland.
“And if you look at all the trouble they’ve had and he still lives local, I can’t for the life of me fathom how no one had a discussion with him and sat down and said, would you be interested in this job?
“I just think if, when it’s been going bad, if you’d have got Roy in, and Roy’s a very astute person, he’s a clever bloke, he’d then go and get a really good coach in to do the stuff that he might think is not the best at.
“Because I think Roy is very much an Alex Ferguson manager. You know, he’s a manager, he manages people, he comes alive on match days, he tells people what to do, he looks at it. He’d go and get some, whatever his flaws, he’s not too big to think, well I need this and I need that and I’ll go and get it.
“He’s not stupid enough to think I can do everything. And I just can’t for the life of me think how powers that be at that football club would not have spoken to him over the last five years.”
Roy Keane’s record as a manager
This is certainly not the first time Keane has been tipped to manage United, but the legendary midfielder has been out of the game for several years.
When asked by Ian Wright, Keane didn’t appear to want the United job.
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Keane accepted his first managerial job in 2006 when he took charge of Sunderland – within a year of retiring as a player.
In exactly 100 games in charge of Sunderland, Keane achieved a 42% win rate. Remarkably, he took charge of the Black Cats in the relegation zone and was able to turn things around and win the Championship.
He was deservedly named the Championship manager of the Year for 2006/07, and then managed to achieve survival in the Premier League the following year. Keane resigned in December 2008, later citing a strained relationship with the club owner as his reason.
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Keane’s only other full managerial role came with Ipswich between 2009 and 2011. He achieved a 34.6% win rate in 81 games in charge.
After leaving Ipswich, Keane also had coaching roles with Ireland, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.
