Man United and Ruben Amorim need one Sir Jim Ratcliffe guarantee after harsh criticism

Former Premier League midfielder and pundit Jamie O’Hara has not held back on his thoughts on Manchester United and the situation the club is in.

A 3-0 home defeat against AFC Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon leaves the side in 13th place in the Premier League table, having picked up 22 points from their opening 17 games. New head coach Ruben Amorim has been in charge for just six of those Premier League matches, United have won three, lost two and drew one.

However, the loss against Bournemouth has led to early criticism of the manager by O’Hara. The pundit claims that he’s actually seen United regress under the new boss.

“Manchester United for me are an absolute disgrace,” he told Grosvenor Sport. “They’ve brought in a new manager in Ruben Amorim but absolutely nothing’s changed – they were arguably better under Ruud van Nistelrooy.”

But it wasn’t just Amorim who came under scrutiny from the pundit, he’s also criticised the running of the club since the takeover by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

“Sir Jim Ratcliffe has come in, given it large about bringing back the glory years at the club, but it seems he’s been focussed on being a penny pincher and trying to save money on stewards and staff lunches,” he added. “They’re Manchester United – they’re meant to be the biggest club in the world. Ratcliffe has arguably embarrassed himself and it’s set such a poor foundation for Amorim to come into.

“You honestly may as well still have the Glazers in charge – at least they tried to spend a bit of money! Ratcliffe is paying Anthony £300k a week yet he’s penny pinching off staff and other areas in the club – it’s an absolute joke and it’s just not Manchester United for me.”

The early criticism of Amorim seems harsh, given the short