Rubén Amorim has accepted that his job will be “in danger” as long as Manchester United's poor run of form continues.
United lost their third game in a row with a 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day.
Amorim has had little time to work with his players since replacing Erik ten Hag in November. But despite the mitigating factors that have contributed to a run of five defeats in the last seven games, Amorim has said he does not feel safe at Old Trafford.
“The Manchester United manager can never be comfortable, no matter what happens,” Amorim said.
“I know that if we don't win, anyway, if they pay the termination [for me] or not, I know that every manager is in danger and I like that because that is the job, so I understand the question.
“You can argue that I've been here for a month and I've had four training sessions. [sessions]but we are not winning. “That's the reality and I'm pretty comfortable with that.”
Part of the problem Amorim faces is trying to implement their 3-4-3 system mid-season and without the benefit of working with their players during the preseason.
The 39-year-old initially told United he would prefer to take over next summer rather than being parachuted into the role in November.
When asked if that scenario would have given him a better chance of success, he said: “There's no point in talking about it or thinking about it. I'm here and I have to concentrate on work. It's part of football to have these difficult moments.” . I already knew it was going to be difficult.
“You hope to win more games, have players with more confidence to sell the idea and work and improve things.
“Right now it's really difficult. We have to survive to have time and then improve the team.”
United face a difficult run of fixtures as they look to bounce back from back-to-back defeats to Tottenham, Bournemouth and Wolves.
Newcastle visit Old Trafford on Monday before visiting league leaders Liverpool on January 5 and playing an FA Cup match against Arsenal a week later.
Newcastle have won their last four games by 14 goals and Amorim is expecting a “nervous” night against Eddie Howe's side.
“We have to fight against everything because our followers are always there, but they are tired of this moment,” he stated.
“We have to expect that any play by Newcastle near our area will make the stadium nervous and our players have to deal with that. So they are a very strong team, very fast, with a lot of pace, with a lot of time working.” “With the same coach we want to be competitive and try to win the game, that's all.”
