Ronaldo's Criticism Becomes Amorious Motivation To Restore Man Utd

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. (X/@Manutd)

JAKARTA - Former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo criticized manager Ruben Amorim not going to be able to make a miracle at Old Trafford. Amorim responded to his former compatriot criticism in the Portugal national team by focusing on Man Utd's future and trying to bring the team up.

Ronaldo began to doubt the ability to restore Man Utd. This looks like Man Utd is no longer on track. In an interview with Pier Morgan, captain Al Nassr also called Man Utd as having no long-term vision.

If you want to restore Man Utd, your ambition needs a miracle. However, this former Sporting Lisbon coach is considered unable to do it. This is what makes Man Utd never get up. In the Premier League England competition, Man Utd is still stuck in the middle board.

Meanwhile, they are also absent from three European competitions that should make Man Utd more focused because there is no need to play three games every week.

However, Man Utd with a really fitter player still hasn't been able to fulfill the expectations that they will bounce back this season.

"In Portugal, we said, You only happen in Fatima," said Ronaldo, who considered it difficult for Amorism to restore Man Utd. Moreover, according to him, many players are not worthy of playing at the club. It's like if it happened in the era of legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson, many players have been expelled.

However, he assessed that Man Utd's slump was beyond the reach of the atmosphere. According to him, the club does not have a structure to build a strong team.

You have to work with smart people to build a future. The problem is, they don't currently have a structure, "said the captain of the Portugal national team who won the Premier League four times and once the Champions League with Man Utd.

Responding to criticism from his colleague, Amorim, who replaced Erik ten Hag in November 2024, stated that the club had indeed made many mistakes in the past. But he hopes that everyone will focus on the future and not the past.

"It must be admitted, what he said [Ronaldo] had a big impact," Amorious said as quoted by The Sun.

"But what is needed now is that we need to be in the future. We know the club made a lot of mistakes in the past. And, we want to make changes. So, it's better not to focus on what has happened. Let's focus on what we want to do," he said.

"We made a lot of changes to the structure," said Amorim, who dismissed Ronaldo's accusation that Man Utd no longer had a structure to build a team. How do we want to do something, how do we want players to act. We are building a structure and we are getting better," he said.

Amoritism, further, said that the current characteristics of the Man Utd players are different from the previous players. However, Amorim believes the team is better and the players already understand each other.

The players in this team now do have different characters. We also still maintain those who became the backbone of the team last season. But now we are better. We understand the game better and are getting more confident," said Amorim.

"What is clear is that we are better and must be able to continue. So just forget the past," he said.

Amory will face a next test that is not light. Man Utd played an away game against Tottenham Hotspur who were on fire in the Premier League competition.

Spurs that show brilliant performance in domestic and Champions League competitions are certainly very superior to win. Moreover, The Lilywhites played at home at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Saturday, November 8, 2025 evening WIB.

But what made Man Utd inferior when he came to North London was none other than their poor record against Hotspur. They were unable to beat the hosts during the last seven matches.

Even in four matches last season, Man Utd always lost, including in the Europa League final. At that time, Hotspur won 1-0 so they could compete in the Champions League despite ending last season with the position below.

We reached the final and are confident that we won because we performed well in the Europa League. But this time we played with different confidence. If you remember the match, they actually only fired one kick and won the game," he said.

"So I hope we play better in this different game and of course we hope there is luck to win," said Amorim.