Amorim offers to quit if Manchester United board want new manager

BILBAO, Spain - Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim said that he was confident he was still the right man for the job after the club’s woeful Europa League loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final, but would quit with no compensation if the club’s board believed otherwise.

Amorim and his men had hoped to salvage something from a woeful season that has them languishing in 16th in the Premier League with one game remaining.

Instead, Brennan Johnson bundled in a first-half goal in a 1-0 win that clinched Spurs a spot in the Champions League next season - leaving United out of European football entirely.

“In this moment, I am not going to be here defending myself, it is not my style,” Amorim told reporters. “I cannot do it, it is really hard for me.

“So I have nothing to show to the fans and say, ‘I’m going to improve because of this, I have these problems,’ I will not do nothing.

“In this moment, it is a little bit of faith. Let’s see. I’m always open, if the board and the fans feel that I am not the right guy, I will go the next day without any conversation about compensation.”

Missing out on the Champions League is costly with co-owner Jim Ratcliffe estimating the financial benefit of qualification between £80 million and £100 million in broadcast, match-day and commercial income.

“It is tough for a club like us not to be in the Champions League but now we have to deal with that with a different plan, even with the market,” Amorim said. “But that means we have more time, more time to think and work during the week and to be better in the Premier League. This will be our focus.

“I know it’s