Inside Ruben Amorim’s first year at Man United
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
The Athletic
4.6 • 771 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Ruben Amorim was appointed by Manchester United, seemingly in a flash, twelve months ago to replace outgoing manager Erik Ten Hag. But why then, rather than the end of the season? And was anyone else seriously considered? A year later, and after an incredibly tempestuous spell so far, it looks like the storm has eased and the first team are plotting a healthier course.
In this special focussed discussion, we look back at the recruitment process and subsequent hiring of the Portuguese coach (and his team), how he operates both publicly and in private, and consider what progress has been made as well as our hopes for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:18.7 | This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:22.7 | Coming up on this specially focused show to Mark Ruben Amarind 12 months in charge of the club, |
| 0:28.5 | going to take a look back at how he became the Manchester United head coach, |
| 0:32.5 | take a look at exactly how he works and what we know about some of the relationships he has within the club |
| 0:37.3 | and how they compare to his public persona and also ask the question about what the next 12 |
| 0:42.3 | months might have in store for Amarin and his side. |
| 0:50.3 | Well here we are in London town in the office in the studio. Everyone back together again after our exploits the last couple of days in Manchester and London. We're feeling all right? I've been fantastic. I've actually not got sick to the sight of you yet. So maybe it's all sick to the sight of you. Okay. Is that right? Yeah? To the death of you? Sick of the death of you. I'm not quite sick of the sight of you. Okay. Is that right? |
| 1:11.0 | Yeah? |
| 1:31.6 | To the death of you? Sick of the sight of you. There we go. Sorry. I've said a lot of words over the last two days. I've forgotten what some of them mean. Yeah, it's been great though, wasn't it? It's been fantastic to see so many people and we've had a ball, aren't we? To be fair. Yeah, it's gone well. Manchester, the New Century Oil, which is a great venue, as was the Soho Theatre in Walthamster. |
| 1:32.6 | It's good that these places are kept alive because they both closed for a time. |
| 1:37.5 | They were both historic venues and in the 60s, you know, the best musicians in the world |
| 1:42.5 | played, Hendricks played in Manchester. |
| 1:45.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:45.5 | New Century. |
| 1:46.0 | All the Beatles who were from Liverpool, someone told me. |
| 1:49.5 | Not sure that was true. |
| 1:50.4 | They played in at the Soho Theater. |
| 1:53.2 | But it's good, it's good to meet people face to face who listened to this podcast |
| 1:56.0 | and hopefully people enjoyed it and learned stuff they didn't know. |
| 1:59.7 | Thank you again to everyone who came down and let's do it again some time. |
| 2:03.1 | Right, let's get into this then. |
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