Angry Ruben Amorim ‘feels betrayed’ by Man Utd after outburst that may get him sacked | Football | Sport

Ruben Amorim has the expression of a man who “feels betrayed” and is “not in a very good place at all emotionally” following his outburst after Manchester United‘s draw at Leeds. That’s according to a body language expert, after the Portuguese coach said: “Every department, the scouting department, the sporting director, needs to do their job. I will do mine for 18 months and then we move on.”

Amorim hinted that his time at Old Trafford will be over when his contract expires in the summer of 2027 as he expressed frustrations about a lack of authority. He declared: “I came here to be the manager of Manchester United – not to be the coach of Manchester United. That is clear. It’s going to be like this for 18 months or until the board decide to change. I’m not going to quit, I will do my job until another guy is coming here to replace me.”

The 40-year-old is feeling angry and let down, according to body language expert Darren Stanton, who has analysed Amorim’s press conferences before and after the 1-1 draw at Elland Road. It is unclear how the United hierarchy will react to Amorim’s outburst but he is undoubtedly at greater risk of being sacked after this. His suggestion INEOS have broken promises made to him and his singling out of the staff in charge of player recruitment will not have gone down well with his higher-ups.

And Stanton told OLBG: “Ruben Amorim is such an expressive person and it’s been interesting to see the evolution of his press conferences. He was being pressed for an answer on the question of transfers and his formation and he gave that response to say he doesn’t want to talk about it, and as the line of questioning continued we saw Amorim show a real flash of anger. Amorim’s eyes are pierced. His eyebrows are down.

“It’s a facial expression as if to say I’ve told you, now move on. He is p****d off at being pinned down on this topic. We then see a sly smile across his face. That’s contempt. It’s what we call a bilateral smile. It is a gestural slip. When we smile on one side of our face, it’s a way of expressing contempt and in this context it’s Amorim effectively saying that he’s said all he wants to say, and now you’re not listening to me.

“We also see furrow lines on his forehead. That’s a combination of frustrations, the anger and a kind of inner turmoil over his situation. He’s not a happy person at all. He is not in a very good place at all, emotionally.”

Stanton added that Amorim gives off the vibe that he is feeling “betrayed” at United. He added: “It’s a great line of questioning by the journalist and Amorim’s comment at the end of the exchange. To call the journalist very smart was an admission that the questions were getting too close for comfort.

“They were hitting the mark, hitting a nerve, and they were the wrong questions to ask right now for how Amorim was feeling. However, Amorim isn’t levelling the accountability for this situation on his team. He looks like a man who feels he’s been wheeled out for a cross-examination in court for issues that aren’t down to him.

“Amorim looks like a man full of regret because things aren’t going the way he wanted on the pitch or how he expected from the club when it comes to what he was sold when he took the job. He’s clearly a competitive guy. I think he’s feeling frustration and angst over United not having already progressed further than they have since he joined the club.

“And now he’s being quizzed about things that he doesn’t want to discuss in the context of a press conference. I think he feels betrayed and misled but I think for the most part it’s betrayal. I think he feels he’s been thrown under the bus.”