Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has reluctantly called for Manchester United to sack Ruben Amorim after their 3-1 defeat to Brentford in the Premier League.
United’s misery continued on Saturday as Keith Andrews’ Brentford sealed a significant victory at the GTech Community Stadium. Igor Thiago scored a first-half brace as Brentford tormented Manchester United’s defence before Benjamin Sesko gave the visitors hope with his first Premier League goal.
United captain Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty to draw level in the second half before Mathias Jensen sealed Brentford’s win deep into injury time.
Yet another defeat means Amorim has amassed just 34 points from his 33 league games in charge of Manchester United and is still yet to win two successive league matches.
Cole doubts Amorim is capable of turning things around at Old Trafford and believes a change may be the best outcome for both Manchester United and the current manager.
The ex-England international even named former Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate as a possible candidate to take over from Amorim.
When asked whether he believes Amorim will turn things around at Manchester United, Cole told TNT Sports (via Metro): “No, I don’t think so. He’s had a long enough time to implement what he wants.”
