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Ruben Amorim has not enjoyed a dream start to life as Manchester United manager.
He won just seven of his first 17 games in the job, losing seven and drawing three.
His 18th game in charge was in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night when United travelled to Romania to take on FCSB.
The game was broadcast live on TNT Sports and before kick-off presenter Jules Breach asked pundits Owen Hargreaves and Robbie Savage to rate Amorim’s United career so far on a scale of one to 10.
Hargreaves replied first and said: ‘Four, max.’
Savage then went even lower, despite pointing out that Amorim had overseen an away win over Manchester City in the Premier League and a penalty-shootout victory at Arsenal in the FA Cup.
Manager Ruben Amorim’s first 17 games in charge of Man United yielded only seven wins
Amorim’s start with United was a topic of conversation on TNT Sports on Thursday evening
Owen Hargreaves (left) gave Amorim a 4/10, while Robbie Savage (right) went even lower
‘The big games… [against] City, done well, [against] Arsenal done well. I’ll say three.’
Breach seemed shocked. ‘Wow, harsh critics in here,’ she said, before passing over coverage to TNT co-presenter Matt Smith in another studio.
Smith, who was sat next to former Chelsea and Liverpool winger Joe Cole, exclaimed: ‘Cor, blimey! Tough scoring there, Jules. Four and three!? Cor, even Joe’s a bit flabbergasted at that.’
Amorim arrived at United in November after a highly-successful four years and eight months in charge of Sporting Lisbon.
He won 164 of his 231 games with Sporting, giving him a win-rate of 71%.
