Man Utd sack Ruben Amorim - who will replace him?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The breaking news of the sacking of Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim was the only thing discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - not the intro we deserved, but the intro we needed
07:04 - Amorim’s cryptic comments before sacking
12:00 - so why was he sacked?
18:00 - was it the system, the coach/ manager or the squad?
29:40 - Head Coach or Manager?
31:30 - vibe, aura, riz and Erik ten Hag as a shepherd
36:23 - The Separation Game Part 1
37:35 - a break
37:38 - The Separation Game Part 2
41:41 - what next for Ruben Amorim himself?
46:20 - who should be the next Man Utd head coach / manager?
59:30 - Why it should be Unai Emery
1:06:50 - Points Are Bad
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Joe Devine. |
| 0:11.9 | And today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:15.6 | Yes. |
| 0:16.3 | John McKenzie. |
| 0:17.2 | Hello. |
| 0:17.8 | And Ruben Pinder. |
| 0:19.2 | Yo. |
| 0:19.8 | A Ruben that is still in his job. |
| 0:22.5 | Just for now. |
| 0:23.0 | For now. |
| 0:24.1 | We'll see how the rest of the day goes. |
| 0:25.9 | Now, Steve Hanky's also here. |
| 0:27.3 | Happy New Year! |
| 0:28.2 | Yes, happy New Year. |
| 0:29.5 | Welcome to 2026, another year of your life. |
| 0:34.2 | What happened in this year so far? |
| 0:37.1 | Well, so many things, and we did have a plan, |
| 0:40.4 | but then when we were all on the way to work this morning, I was already here. |
| 0:44.7 | I was already here as well. Some of us coming on time. I was like probably brushing snow |
| 0:49.9 | off my car. Yeah. Steve and I were on the way to work. You know, Ruben Amarim got fired. So the plan all changed, didn't it? It all changed. And then all it was was that. That's all it was. Yeah. Because it turns out, even though the Chelsea manager also got fired. No one cares about it. It's different, yeah. Not interesting, that one, is it? We should only focus on Man United. |
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