Overview
- The club confirmed Amorim’s dismissal on Monday, with academy coach Darren Fletcher to lead the team at Burnley on Wednesday.
- Amorim’s defiant post-Leeds press conference, where he insisted he was the manager rather than just a coach, was widely reported as the immediate trigger.
- Reporting details a tense Friday meeting with director of football Jason Wilcox, described by Sky Sports as prompting a “very negative and emotional” reaction from Amorim.
- Underlying causes cited across outlets include tactical rigidity around a 3-4-3 system and disputes over recruitment and January transfer plans that fractured relations with leadership.
- Amorim departs after 14 months that included a Europa League final but a 15th-place league finish and poor win rates, as United sit sixth and begin a search that media link to candidates such as Oliver Glasner, Enzo Maresca, Roberto De Zerbi and Gareth Southgate.