Ruben Amorim gives defiant new year message after Man Utd end 2024 on a low note
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ruben Amorim delivered a defiant New Year’s Eve message as Manchester United prepared to bid farewell to 2024 on a low note following their loss to Newcastle. United’s 2-0 home defeat saw them suffer five league losses in the same calendar month for the first time since September 1962, and a fourth straight reverse in all competitions means the Red Devils have lost six of their last eight. But in a message posted on his club’s official X account on New Year’s Eve, Amorim wrote: “I know it will take a lot of hard work from everyone to get there, but I am very excited about where we can go together in 2025.” Amorim is yet to do anything to arrest the alarming slide which led to Erik ten Hag’s dismissal in October, and the latest defeat left them in 14th place in the Premier League, seven points above the drop zone with increasing talk of a relegation battle. “After one goal they lose everything because we don’t have the base, we don’t have time to build the base to cope with the difficult moments so it’s really hard in this moment.” Newcastle celebrated a fourth straight league win, moving them up to fifth in the table as they target a return to Europe.