Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has emphasized the need for the team to take responsibility for the club’s ongoing financial crisis and underwhelming performance. This comes in the wake of a second round of redundancies at the club, which will see up to 200 staff members lose their jobs.

Amorim, speaking ahead of United’s crucial match against relegation-threatened Ipswich at Old Trafford, pointed out that the football team is the 'engine' of the club and must perform better to help alleviate the financial strain. The club has lost over £300 million in the past five years and currently sits in 15th place in the Premier League, marking their worst league campaign since the late 1980s.

'We have to address all the problems in the club, but one important piece of this moment is to understand how we got to this situation,' Amorim stated. 'It has a lot to do with the lack of success of the football team because we are the engine of any football club.'

United’s decline has been rapid. From finishing third in Erik ten Hag’s first season, the team has plummeted to the lower half of the table under Amorim’s leadership. Despite being somewhat insulated from the cost-cutting measures—such as the removal of free lunches for staff at Old Trafford—Amorim acknowledged the broader impact on the club.

'We know this year was really hard for everybody,' Amorim said. 'As a club, we did a lot of changes. When you are making changes, if you have a football team that is playing well and winning games, it is easier for the fans and everyone to feel that. But in this moment, we are in a difficult period both inside the club and on the pitch. We have to fight against this feeling.'

Amorim also stressed the importance of maintaining focus and effort. 'We have to do our job and we try our best to help the team perform better,' he concluded.