Manchester United need to diversify revenue streams but are right to trust £10m Ruben Amorim call

Most Manchester United supporters would have loved to have been a fly on the dressing room wall at various junctures last season.

Experiencing their worst season in 51 years, United slumped to a 15th-placed finish in the Premier League, meaning they will not participate in any European competition for the first time in a decade in 2025/26.

Despite making the decision to sack Erik ten Hag in October and replace him with Ruben Amorim just a few days later, United never recovered from a summer that saw the hierarchy dawdle and fail to address their most pressing needs in the transfer market.

The season featured a catalogue of woes that every United supporter will wish to forget as quickly as possible. The hope and expectation is that next season will be much better.

And if Amazon had had their way, they would have had every angle covered. Just as they had done with Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in previous years, they wanted to produce an access-all-areas documentary to offer an insight into what goes on behind the scenes at one of the world's biggest sporting institutions.

However, according to a report published by The Athletic on Monday, secret talks between United and Amazon have been shelved after head coach Amorim expressed fears that it could distract his players.

It has been reported that Amazon's offer 'was significantly more than £10million', meaning United would have banked the largest ever payment for an 'All or Nothing' series.

It is claimed Amorim, who has just embarked on his first pre-season as United head coach, was 'not comfortable with potential intrusion on the first-team'. The documentary would have followed every aspect of the Reds' 2025/26 campaign, meaning team meetings, dressing