Manchester United: Ruben Amorim sends message to Cristiano Ronaldo after latest criticism | OneFootball

Ronaldo says he does not believe Amorim can pull off ‘miracle’ at Manchester United

Ruben Amorim says Manchester United need to focus on the future in response to Cristiano Ronaldo's latest criticism of the club.

Ronaldo has been vocal in his assessment of Man Utd ever since his rather acrimonious departure just under three years ago and recently sat down to Piers Morgan to express doubts that Amorim will be able to restore the club to their former glories.

Despite commending his former team-mate on his efforts in the dugout, Ronaldo said on Piers Morgan Uncensored: "He is doing his best.

"What are you going to do? Miracles. Miracles is impossible. We say in Portugal, 'Miracles is only in Fatima'... And he's not gonna do miracles.

"They have good players but they don't have, some of them, in mind what Manchester United is."

Amorim had the chance to respond to Ronaldo in the pre-Tottenham press conference on Thursday and while admitting Man United have made mistakes in the past, he insists now is the time to look to the future.

“Of course, he knows he has a huge impact with everything he said. What we need to focus on is in the future,” Amorim told reporters.

“We know that we as a club made a lot of mistakes in the past, but we are trying to change that. Let’s not focus on what happened, let’s focus on what we are doing now.

“We are doing that, we are changing a lot of things in the structure, the way we do things, the way we want the players to behave. We are doing that and we are improving, so let’s focus on the way we are doing things.

“We are improving, so let’s continue and forget a little bit the past.”