Man United's Amorim urges focus on future after Ronaldo criticism

VIDEO SHOWS: RUBEN AMORIM PRESS CONFERENCE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT  SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 6, 2025) (MUTV – Must courtesy "MUTV". No resales. No monetisation) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, ON RECENT CRITICISM FROM FORMER CLUB GREAT CRISTIANO RONALDO, SAYING:     "Of course he (Cristiano Ronaldo) has, he knows and he has a huge impact on everything he said. What we need to focus on is the future. We know that we as a club made a lot of mistakes in the past, but we are trying to change that, so, let's not focus on what happened, let's focus on what we are doing now, and 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, let's continue and forget a little bit the past." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, ON FACING TOTTENHAM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST SEASON'S EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL, SAYING: ​    "First of all, the characteristics of the players, we have different characteristics in our team, but we also have a lot of players that played last year. So, we are a better team, we play better, we understand the game better, I think we are more confident. We reached that final confident that we could win, because we were doing well in Europe but in this moment we play with a different confidence."  4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RUBEN AMORIM, MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SAYING:     "It's not the fact of seeing the positive, it's using the positives. So, any situation that you have in our life, you can look at in a positive way or in a bad way. If you ask me, would you prefer to be here with a cup? In Champions League, Champions League means more money, more players maybe, of course, I would say yes, but you have the other side. You have more time to train, to know your players, to arrange everything, the connection between staff and prepare for the future, and the future will be with the European competition. So, we just try to use the positive thing of not playing all the games during the week. So, yes, I can see the positives." STORY: Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has responded to stinging criticism from club great Cristiano Ronaldo, his former Portugal teammate, by urging fans and pundits alike to look forward rather than dwell on the past.     Ronaldo, who won eight trophies at United, told Piers Morgan in an interview this week that United were “not in a good path” and warned that Amorim was “not going to do miracles” at Old Trafford.     “We say in Portugal, ‘miracles only happen in Fatima,’” the 40-year-old Al-Nassr forward said, adding that the Manchester club lacked long-term vision.     Amorim, who took over from Erik ten Hag in November 2024, hit back ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur.     “Of course he has, he knows and he has a huge impact on everything he said," Amorim said on Thursday (November 6). "What we need to focus on is the future. We know that we as a club made a lot of mistakes in the past, but we are trying to change that so let's not focus on what happened, let's focus on what we are doing now.     Ronaldo expressed sadness over the club’s decline but insisted the problems go beyond the manager.     “You have to work with smart people to create a base for the future,” he said. "Right now, they don't have a structure."     United have shown signs of improvement, climbing to eighth, two points off second spot, after a four-game unbeaten run.     Provisional second place in the table is up for grabs on Saturday in a grudge game for Amorim's side after Spurs beat them 1-0 in last season's Europa League final to prevent the Red Devils from playing in the Champions League this season.      Amorim credited internal reforms for the turnaround. (Production: Andy Ragg)

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