Former Watford, Burnley and Everton boss Sean Dyche has made a huge claim about Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim.
Since leaving Everton in January 2025 due to a lackluster start to the Premier League season, 53-year-old Dyche has been without a coaching position.
Along with Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Ian Wright, and Jill Scott, the former Burnley manager has since been on a number of radio shows and on Thursday’s episode of The Overlap, which is presented by Sky Bet.
As was to be expected, talk soon turned to Manchester United’s recent success under head coach Amorim.
Naturally, Amorim has only managed six Premier League victories in 25 games since taking over United in November 2024, and as a result, the team has fallen to 16th place in the top division.
United’s season could be salvaged if they win the Europa League final against Tottenham Hotspur later this month – this would see them qualify for next season’s Champions League. A defeat would see them miss out on European competition.
Speaking about Amorim’s poor record, Dyche said: “He’s not going to change the way he plays. He [Ruben Amorim] better win some games – pretty quick.
“I reckon if I went there and played my way, we’d win more games. Just 4-4-2 – give them basic rules of principles.
“We’re all going, ‘Fair play’ – but, he’s been there a while now, so you better start bringing some wins soon.”
He added: “Howard Wilkinson had a great saying, he said, ‘Win, survive, succeed’. Basically, you have to win first, and then you can survive because you’re winning, and then success is when you do lay down all your principles and your playing style.
“So, if he can win enough, which is the worry at the minute, and then survive the process, and then succeed – then that’s going to be better.”
The Kettering-born manager then went on to reveal that United is the club he’d like to manage most but admitted the chances of this happening were slim.
Dyche continued: “It was always Manchester United because of the size of the club, not because it’s Man U – but due to the sheer grandeur, particularly back then.
“I know they are going through a tough run at the minute, but the whole worldwide feel of it. That’s a big superpowered club.”
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