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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayManchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has been sacked after 14 months in charge.
The 40-year-old joined the club 14 months ago from Sporting Lisbon and has struggled throughout his time in the dugout.
Amorim has already said his goodbyes and has left United's training ground, according to Sky Sports News.
Darren Fletcher, the United's under-18s lead coach, is taking charge of the club on an interim basis.
It follows a dramatic news conference from Amorim on Sunday where he claimed he joined Manchester United "to be their manager, not their head coach".
It came after a 1-1 draw with rivals Leeds United, with the Red Devils sitting sixth in the Premier League table.
A manager can only push it so far
Sports correspondent
Ruben Amorim has showed there is only so far a manager can push it. Just like Enzo Maresca's hasty exit last week from Chelsea, challenging the leadership in public has ended in the sack for Amorim.
How much more say should he have on transfers? More, he claimed.
Disputing his own job title in a news conference after Sunday's 1-1 draw at Leeds inflamed tensions further with the Old Trafford hierarchy.
The Portuguese said he should have the more powerful "manager" title rather the head coach role he was actually appointed to in November 2024.
He arrived with no experience of the Premier League and was only 39 years old but he had won silverware in Lisbon with Sporting.
He couldn't deliver any in his 14 months at Old Trafford, losing the Europa League final against a struggling Tottenham side last May - coupled with a 15th place finish in the Premier League.
And United went out of the League Cup humiliated in August by losing to fourth-tier Grimsby.
Questions over his tactical inflexibility had grown as relations are said to have soured with director of football Jason Wilcox.
So United are looking for their seventh permanent manger since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013 and look no closer to reaching his heights any time soon with the Red Devils sixth in the league.
Their prospects are also looking no better with a new-look leadership since the owning Glazers ceded day-to-day control to INEOS billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
If anything the mood in the club is becoming more tempestuous.
Not only has his first pick of mangers gone awry but there's unhappiness throughout the club over the job cuts and cost-savings.
And the next manager will want to know there are funds to strengthen the squad. How much power will they have and want over the spending? That could determine their future as much as results, as Amorim has shown.
In a statement, Manchester United said: "Ruben Amorim has departed his role as Head Coach of Manchester United.
"Ruben was appointed in November 2024 and led the team to a UEFA Europa League Final in Bilbao in May.
"With Manchester United sitting sixth in the Premier League, the club's leadership has reluctantly made the decision that it is the right time to make a change. This will give the team the best opportunity of the highest possible Premier League finish.
"The club would like to thank Ruben for his contribution to the club and wishes him well for the future.
"Darren Fletcher will take charge of the team against Burnley on Wednesday."
According to Oddschecker, Fletcher is third favourite to take the full-time job at around 4/1.
The manager currently backed as the most likely to take the reins at Old Trafford is former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca. The Argentine left Stamford Bridge last week after a fallout with the Blues' hierarchy and is priced as short as 2/1 with some bookies.
Crystal Palace's much-admired Oliver Glasner, who took the Eagles to FA Cup and Community Shield victory in 2024, is second favourite behind Maresca at 7/2.
The bookies have former England manager Gareth Southgate (7/1) and ex Barcelona midfielder and manager Xavi Hernandez (10/1) filling out the top five.
Football writer Henry Winter told Sky News: "I think anyone who's been following Manchester United, particularly in recent weeks and months, has seen the direction of travel... there wasn't so much to celebrate about."
Winter said Amorim's tactical style did not fit the team's tradition and that the long shadow of former manager Sir Alex Ferguson may have also played a role.
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