Ruben Amorim acknowledged that Manchester United has taken “risks” with their actions during the winter transfer window, noting that those involved with the club are “fighting for our jobs.” Following their 11th Premier League defeat of the season at home against Crystal Palace on Sunday, United is currently sitting in 13th place with a -6 goal difference. The club brought in left back Patrick Dorgu and center back Ayden Heaven during the window, but did not sign a forward to compensate for the loans of Antony and Marcus Rashford. Strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee have only managed to score five league goals collectively, with Hojlund experiencing a goal drought of 13 matches. Zirkzee has netted a goal in only one of his last 16 matches. Amorim, who took over from Erik ten Hag as coach in November, has remarked that the current Manchester United team may be the weakest in the club’s history. Under Amorim’s leadership, United has suffered defeats in eight out of his 19 matches and has lost five of their last six home league games. Amorim commented on the transfer strategy, stating, “I feel the club is being patient.” “We recognize the critical nature of this time for the team; everyone here is determined to avoid repeating past errors. It’s essential that we enhance our current players and achieve victories, and then we will evaluate our situation in the summer.” However, as I mentioned, we are exercising great caution with transfers due to some previous errors we’ve made. “I believe it’s a challenging point in time to reverse our situation in just a handful of matches. It’s going to be quite challenging until the season concludes. “Hence, we are willing to take the risk you mentioned because we’re aiming for something different within our team.” I specialize in obtaining varied profiles. It was my choice to move forward with this. “We’re accepting certain risks, but this is how we wish to go about it; our goal is to win some matches.”
