Ruben Amorim will wake up on his 40th birthday on Monday feeling closer to 50. The 77 days since he stepped off a private jet from Portugal looking sun-kissed and full of optimism have taken their toll on Manchester United’s new head coach.
‘Of course there is a lot of pressure. You can see in my face, you can compare it to the way when I arrive and now,’ he remarked at the start of this month, and that was before United put him through the wringer in games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Southampton, Brighton and Rangers.