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Ruben Amarim sacked by Manchester United.

About five minutes after we'd all said goodbye after recording yesterday,

a message from Nick Ames landed in the WhatsApp group. Amorim, exclamation mark, which as producer Joel says, looks like the title of a musical. And what a musical it would be, they'd definitely play three-four-three. As his Football Weekly tradition, they waited until we'd finished, turns out, his post-match presser after the Leeds game was a 10 on the Moreska scale. How do we view his tenure? Not well. So many, is this the turning point? So many have they turned a corner? And the following game? No. Was there anything good about it? And how much was his intransigence, the quality or the application of the players or Jason Wilcox and above? And what happens next? DNA's Darren Fletcher's at the wheel.

Olly Glasner is the favourite. It does make sense. An elite Manchester United panel for you,

your questions. And that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, Barry Glendanning, welcome. Hi, Max. Norley Chowdry, welcome.

Hello. The Guardian's Manchester football correspondent, Jamie Jackson. Denning, welcome. Hi, Max. Norley Chowdrey, welcome. Hello.

The Guardian's Manchester football correspondent, Jamie Jackson. All right, Jamie. Greetings. And from Morocco, just to get as far away as he possibly could. From Old Trafford. John Bruin is here. Hey, John. Hi, Max. Hi, hi, team. So Ruben Amram has departed at his role as head coach

of Manchester United, not manager.

He was appointed in November 2024. God, it feels like years before that, doesn't it? With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club said the club's leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change. This will give the team the best opportunity

of the highest possible Premier League finish. The club would like to thank Rubin for his

contribution to the club and wishes him well for the future. Darren Fletcher will take charge of

the team against Burnley on Wednesday. Amram's coaching team have also left. He won 25 of his

63 games in charge. His 14-month stint is the shortest of a permanent

manager since David Moyes was sacked after eight months in 2014. According to Opta, he had the

worst win ratio, 32%. The worst goals conceded per game ratio, 1.53 and the lowest clean sheet

ratio, 15%. Some accolades for him to take with him of the Premier League era, that is. Look, Jamie, you're on the beat. Why is this happen now? Well, I think he's just got a bit cheesed off. Well, both sides have really, but I mean, it all sort of kind of climaxed on Friday. He wasn't happy anyway because his Semenio money once Seminole, you know, looked like he's going to Manchester City, was not available for another sort of major signet, as he sort of thought it would be, logically, you can sort of see the thinking. But them not, not, them say, no, you're not going to have that money. He's part of sort of reservations that they've had for a little while. You know, two or three times this season I've been told, well, he needs to start winning, you know, from people who sort of got a bit of power there, etc., etc. Maynew is an interesting example of this. They didn't want to sell Mayno because they thought Mayno might outlast Amarin, which has now been proved. And obviously, Mayno is a really good play. He's 20 years old, kind of the future at United.

Actually, when he said on Christmas Eve to us all, Kobe Mayneau, quote, is the future of Manchester United. My ears pricked up. I was thinking, why is he saying that? Because he never picks the guy. You know, he's not started in the Premier League and all the rest of it. And I think that was because he basically been told, I was aware of the thinking.

So Will Cox, yeah, on Friday. all the rest of it. And I think that was because he'd basically been told, we was aware of the

thinking. So Wilcox, yeah, on Friday, as I understand it, before our press conference was a 1-15 at Carrington, there was, let's say, a heated debate between Wilcox and Hamilton. With regard to the Wolves game, when he'd gone back to a three-four-three, they stuck the place out, really, They got a drawer against Wolves.

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