Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim to arrest the club’s slump after a difficult start to his compatriot’s Old Trafford reign. Defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day was a fourth in seven league games under Amorim,

Some pundits have suggested Ruben Amorim should abandon his Manchester United plan and temporarily revert to a more pragmatic approach that will suit that players he inherited. That would be a brilliant idea if you ignore that was the reason why the previous United manager was sacked,

When Manchester United’s chief executive Omar Berrada first met Ruben Amorim in Lisbon back in November in the bid to lure him to Old Trafford, you imagine the conversation was sprinkled with “R” words.