If the theory has been that Ange Postecoglou, whose Tottenham team are the only side below United in the table who are staying up, could win the Europa League and be sacked, Amorim seemed to suggest he might suffer the same fate.

We cannot, almost in the same breath, criticise Mikel Arteta for his deluded claim Arsenal were the best team in the Champions League and castigate Ruben Amorim for the more accurate assessment this Manchester United side are the club’s worst in Premier League history.

Ruben Amorim wanted to replace Erik ten Hag at Man United last October but he admitted that the timing was not ideal.