Amorim: ‘I don’t care about Christmas’ with games to win | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim has said he is not interested in Christmas as he looks to turn around Manchester United’s fortunes.

Amorim’s side travel to Wolves on Boxing Day and the 39-year-old has suggested that trip is his focus ahead of the festivities. Manchester United are 13th in the table and have lost four of their first nine games under Amorim’s management.

The Portuguese coach will hoping his side can bounce back at Molineux, against a Wolves side buoyed from beating relegation rivals Leicester last weekend. Ahead of the clash, Amorim said his full focus is on results.

“I just want to win. I don’t care about Christmas. I’m just focused on we need to win the next match.

“That’s the only thing. It’s very good for the fans. We are that. We are privileged. We are privileged.

“So we can play on Boxing Day to give some happiness to the fans and we want so bad to win another game.”

Amorim has rotated his lineups heavily during his opening weeks at Old Trafford, though he has said the changes have been necessary as his side juggle injuries and a congested calendar.

“In this moment it’s not rotation to see the players and prepare the future, it’s simply to not have injuries. Matthijis de Ligt is sick, Harry Maguire did 90 minutes against City, he cannot play three days before because he played 90 minutes for three months.

“Kobbie Mainoo played, he returned from injury so I have to think if he is ready to cope with both games, so sometimes I have to play two games at the same moment. Rasmus [Hojlund] played two games, we needed fresh legs so we are trying to address everything. I just want to win games because I know that there is a long term project and we are focused on that.

“I also know that big clubs don’t have a lot of time and you have to win games so I have a clear idea, the responsibility that I have here, but I’m trying to manage this team to not have injuries, if we have injuries it’s a massive problem in trying to win games and manage all the players so I’m not rotating to see the future, I just want to win games and not have injuries. If we have injuries it’s a big problem.”

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