Fernandes defends Amorim as Man Utd captain calls for stability at Old Trafford
Manchester United have hardly set the Premier League alight under Ruben Amorim, but Bruno Fernandes is backing his boss.
Bruno Fernandes called for stability at Manchester United as he echoed Jim Ratcliffe's support for Ruben Amorim.
United headed into the international break with a third consecutive Premier League win at Old Trafford, beating Sunderland 2-0, though doubts remain over the tenure of Amorim.
His side sit 10th in the table heading into the weekend's fixtures, during which they face the daunting task of travelling to rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
Amorim is still yet to win back-to-back league games almost a year into his stewardship, but Fernandes placed his faith in the former Sporting CP boss amid growing questions over his future.
"I think the club needs stability," Fernandes told Sky Sports. "That's the [message] I think Jim wants to pass through everyone.
"Sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture and, as a group of players, we believe that the manager can help this club to get back where it belongs.
"If Jim sees it the same way as the players, that the manager is the right one for the job, it makes it better that we have two groups of people looking in the same way."
United are winless in their last eight Premier League away games (D2 L6) since beating Leicester City 3-0 in March, and overturning that drab run at Anfield will likely prove an improbable challenge.
They last went longer without a league win on the road in September 1989 under Alex Ferguson (11), though United's great manager soon turned things around in a way that Amorim will hope to replicate.
There was a renewed sense of encouragement after the comfortable win over Sunderland, but Fernandes acknowledged his side can ill-afford another poor showing at Liverpool.
"Any manager that comes here will be one game away from a crisis," the United captain added.
"This club is always like that. If you win a game, it looks like you're going to win the league. If you lose a game, it looks like there is a cloud over the club that will never go.
"We have players that are aware of the dimension of the club and how it works. We don't need this around us. We need to know what we're doing, what we want to achieve in the long term and what we want to achieve for the next game.
"That needs to be the aim for every player, because at this club any manager will be under pressure when they get a bad result, and our manager's no different.
"But he is very prepared for that, and he knows how big of a challenge this is."
