Ruben Amorim warned of Man Utd sack threat by ex Premier League star as Rangers reunion stirs haunting memories

Former Premier League star Stephen Warnock reckons Ruben Amorim is heading for the sack at Manchester United as the pressure cranks up on the Portuguese boss just days ahead of Rangers heading to Old Trafford.

Amorim’s Red Devils side slumped to defeat at home to Brighton on Sunday and that loss leaves them 13th in the English Premier League table with just 26 points - 10 points above the relegation zone. It was United’s sixth home league defeat of the season and that is the most from their opening 12 matches of a league campaign in 131 years.

The 39-year-old replaced Erik ten Hag as boss last November after impressing at Sporting Lisbon who he joined from Braga. His only losses as Braga boss came against Rangers when he lost home and away to Steven Gerrard’s men in the last 32 of the Europa League.

He now faces the Light Blues again in the same competition with pressure mounting and ex Liverpool and Blackburn defender Warnock told Spinbet : “It wouldn’t surprise me (if they sack Amorim) because when I look at the team at the moment, they don’t look like they are taking his lead or understanding what is being asked of them and that is a worry when you see that.

"I don’t like saying he should leave because it’s such a short space of time and needs his own players. He has inherited a poor squad and is trying to fit his system around the players but that’s where you have to be more adaptable, and that these players may not be able to play that system so you may have to play a certain system for a while and then when you get your own players, you then change what you want to do, and how you want to play.

“That’s what I mean by the team selection too, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t play certain players because you want