Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has launched a scathing criticism of his former employers and current Red Devils head coach Ruben Amorim following the recent Premier League defeat to Brentford at the G-tech Community Stadium on Saturday.
United suffered a third defeat of the season, continuing Amorim’s horrific record since the Portuguese arrived at Old Trafford from Sporting CP. The Red Devils boss has overseen just nine wins from 33 Premier League games and Saturday’s loss in London was another in a disturbingly growing list of damning defeats.
Taking to his podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney who won loads and loads of trophies with Man United, including five Premier League crowns, vented his frustration with the entire club, criticizing the ownership, head coach and players while calling for “big changes.”
“What is going on at Man Utd?” Rooney began. “This is not Man Utd, I don’t recognise the whole football club.
“I don’t see players fighting, I don’t see character, I don’t see desire to win, I don’t see ability, I don’t see match-winners, nothing gets me off my feet, I go to a game watching, expecting, here we go again—expecting the team to lose or maybe pick up a point.
“I care for the club, I was at the football club for 13 years and what is going on is not right. And this is not all on the manager, by the way. I’m seeing players not deserving to wear the shirt. And it hurts.
“This is not acceptable, what’s going on. There needs to be a clear message from the owners. Whether that is the Glazers, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, there has to be a message of where this club is going. At the minute we are all sitting there waiting for it to crumble.
“It’s not even just results on the pitch. It’s everything about the club that needs fixing. Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS have walked into a real challenge. We’re seeing staff members getting sacked after 20, 30 years who are very important people to that football club. The culture of that football club has gone. I see it on a daily basis. I see staff losing jobs, people walking out of jobs.
“I’ve got two kids at that football club and I really hope this doesn’t affect what they’re doing. What I’m seeing at that football club is not Manchester United. The soul has gone from the club.
“It needs a new engine, a new lease of life. It needs something to kickstart that football club. I am not seeing anything which is giving me any confidence, there needs to be big changes in my opinion. Manager, players, whatever that is. Whatever it takes to get Manchester United back.”
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