Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has been linked with an exit from the Premier League club in recent weeks.

Manchester United have started the season in poor form, and Ruben Amorim is under a lot of pressure. There have been rumours that he could be sacked, and Manchester United have already lined up multiple candidates as potential replacements.

However, former Manchester City defender Danny Mills has warned the club against sacking the Portuguese manager. He has urged Manchester United to be patient with Amorim, and it will be interesting to see how the situation develops.

“Any manager lives or dies by the quality of players he is working with and it has been clear for some time now that the players at United are not good enough,” .

“Their recruitment has been poor and hasn’t worked out for a long time now and it’s going to take another transfer window and maybe this entire season to steady the ship, but will the board and the fans stay patient and stick with Amorim? I think they have to, even though it’s going to be a big grind for Manchester United.

“If you make another change now, you start again, and it becomes another two or three-year cycle, and they have to try and avoid doing that again. They have to find a way of playing, have to find players to get into that system and changing the manager every couple of years is not going to help solve what are clearly pretty big problems at that club.

“United have to stick with Amorim. There has been so much turmoil at that football club over the last three or four years and I just don’t think they can change again. They have to be strong now. Back the people they have in place in the top positions at the club, and that includes the manager.

“They need to set the targets at a realistic level this season,” he added. “If they could get into the top eight or nine, maybe qualify for the Europa League next season, that would be progress from where they have been over the last year. The teams with the best players win the big prizes and right now that is Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal.

“United don’t have the players to compete with those three teams at the moment, and if you think about where Manchester United sit in the pecking order of the Premier League right now, you would probably say they are sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth.

“There is only so much a manager can do to change that. He could improve a team by 10-15 per-cent, but there is not a lot any manager can do if the players are not good enough.”

There is no doubt that Amorim is a quality manager, and he has shown that at Sporting CP in the past. However, the move to Manchester United has not gone according to plan for him. Despite significant backing in the transfer market, he has not been able to get his team firing. Manchester United finished in the bottom half of the league table last season, and they have been quite disappointing this term so far.

The Red Devils have already crashed out of the League Cup, and they do not have European football at their disposal either. They will be desperate to get back into the UEFA Champions League and fight for trophies once again. However, it seems unlikely based on their performances so far this season.

Can Man United turn it around?

Manchester United have a quality set of players, but they have not been able to perform as a team. The lack of quality is not a major concern for the Red Devils right now, but their mentality is certainly a huge problem. Bringing in a new manager might not be able to solve that problem for Manchester United. It will be interesting to see if they are willing to be patient with Amorim.

The Portuguese manager has been vocal about his disappointment with the performances, and he has been honest about the need for improvement. It remains to be seen whether Amorim can find a way to get the best out of his team in the coming months. The former Sporting CP boss is clearly under a lot of pressure, and the results will need to improve quickly if he wants to hold onto his job.