Despite an indifferent first half to his maiden full season at the helm, Manchester United were seemingly content on trusting Ruben Amorim to lead a successful long-term project at Old Trafford.
However, a clash with director of football Jason Wilcox, among those pushing the Portuguese to switch to a back four, suddenly rendered Amorim’s position untenable. In the blink of an eye, Man Utd’s latest hope was out the door, forcing the club into their seventh interim appointment since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
