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Reuben Amorim Admits that he had doubts whether he would be able to last a year as Manchester United manager and sometimes during his poor first season in charge he feared “it wasn’t going to happen”.
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Three consecutive Premier League wins have brought hope back to United, who faltered and lost at home to 15th place last season. Europa League Ultimately because Amorim’s position came under intense scrutiny.
Asked if there were moments when he doubted whether he would be in charge all year, the 40-year-old replied: “It’s hard to say… sometimes. Sometimes in certain moments.”
The United boss paused and then laughed: “I know you’re going to write but there were some moments that were difficult to deal with.
“To lose so many games, it was very difficult for me because it is Manchester United. The situation we were in last year, putting all the focus on the Europa League and not winning. That was huge.
“So, I had some moments that I struggled with a lot and I was thinking that maybe it shouldn’t have happened.
“Today is the opposite, so you can write it off! Today I feel this way and I know it was the best decision of my life and I want to stay here, but for that I need to win against Nottingham.”
Amorim says he will be a “happy man” if his “team are playing well and running well” at the City Ground, where his side look to end a run of three Premier League defeats against Forest.
The United boss says he is unlikely to rest on his laurels if they win or hit back at the critics, given how quickly things can change at a club that has been through the “storm” he warned about last December.
When Amorim was asked if the storm had passed, he said, “It’s hard to say.” “We need to think positive but we also have to be prepared for the fact that football is like that.
“We’re not that team that I can tell you ‘No, no, no, we may lose here now or we may lose then, but we’ll keep (the momentum).’
“I trust my players more, I think they trust me more. That will come with wins and you can sense that because now everyone is saying ‘how connected they are’ and ‘they trust the manager’.
“It’s about winning games. It hasn’t changed much because against Arsenal I saw the same team, so I don’t know.
“I think we’re in a better place, but it’s also really good to always have that feeling and be prepared that something could change. If we have that feeling, we’ll pay attention to the details, we’ll keep that course of our path.
“I can say that at the moment we are a better team and we feel that and we know that and that can help us recover better from bad moments.”