Tag: Ruben

Ruben Dias: Manchester City captain says new signings are ‘desperate to win’
12 September 2026 Off

Ruben Dias: Manchester City captain says new signings are ‘desperate to win’

By Total Football News

Manchester City have brought in summer signings who are “desperate to win” and the whole squad is “buying into the idea” of new manager Enzo Maresca, says new captain Ruben Dias.

City spent a Premier League record £458m during the recent transfer window, with incomings including midfield trio Enzo Fernandez, Elliot Anderson and Ayyoub Bouaddi.

But the club also recouped more than £300m in sales and lost the experience of

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Ruben Rodrigues: Bolton striker facing up to six weeks out
14 August 2026 Off

Ruben Rodrigues: Bolton striker facing up to six weeks out

By Total Football News

Bolton Wanderers manager Steven Schumacher has confirmed Ruben Rodrigues could be out for up to six weeks with knee ligament damage.

The Portuguese striker sustained the injury in the Trotters’ League Cup defeat at Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday.

Schumacher told BBC Radio Manchester the news was a “huge blow” with Rodrigues potentially missing as many as eight games.

“He got a bang on his knee on Saturday and was uncomfortable.

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Manchester United: Ruben Amorim avoids social media to ‘protect’ himself
3 December 2025 Off

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim avoids social media to ‘protect’ himself

By Total Football News

“I don’t read it; I protect myself. I don’t watch TV when they are talking about Manchester United, not because I don’t agree – most of the times I do – but it’s a way of me being healthy.

“My feeling as a coach is enough. I don’t need other feelings. The only way – there is no other way – is to protect myself.”

The analysis in BBC’s investigation

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Man Utd 0-1 Everton: Ruben Amorim says his side are nowhere near the level they should be
25 November 2025 Off

Man Utd 0-1 Everton: Ruben Amorim says his side are nowhere near the level they should be

By Total Football News

Everton’s last visit to Old Trafford triggered Ruben Amorim’s infamous ‘the storm is coming statement’ even though his Manchester United side won 4-0.

Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side’s evolution that proved equally perceptive.

From a United perspective, the jaw-dropping clash between Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane can be forgotten beyond the knowledge it left them facing 10 men for 77

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Man Utd: Ruben Amorim on Kobbie Mainoo & Joshua Zirkzee futures
24 November 2025 Off

Man Utd: Ruben Amorim on Kobbie Mainoo & Joshua Zirkzee futures

By Total Football News

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has not ruled out Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee leaving in January to further their World Cup ambitions – but says the interests of his club will come first.

Neither player has started a Premier League game this season. Zirkzee has featured for just 82 minutes in the top flight, while Mainoo has played for 93 minutes since coming on at half-time against Burnley

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Man Utd: Ruben Amorim wants to delay Afcon departure of Mbeumo, Diallo & Mazraoui
21 November 2025 Off

Man Utd: Ruben Amorim wants to delay Afcon departure of Mbeumo, Diallo & Mazraoui

By Total Football News

Manchester United will attempt to delay the departures of Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui to the Africa Cup of Nations.

Tournament regulations mean United should release the trio two weeks before the respective first games of Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Morocco.

That would mean letting them leave around the Premier League encounter with Wolves at Molineux on 8 December.

Full-back Mazraoui’s Morocco host the tournament and play in

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Man Utd: Cristiano Ronaldo criticism addressed by Ruben Amorim
7 November 2025 Off

Man Utd: Cristiano Ronaldo criticism addressed by Ruben Amorim

By Total Football News

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted the club has made mistakes – but stressed they must look to the future rather than dwell on the past.

In an extensive interview with Piers Morgan earlier this week, legendary former United star Cristiano Ronaldo said that while he thought his fellow Portuguese was doing a good job, Amorim could not work “miracles”.

Al-Nassr striker Ronaldo, a former international team-mate of

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim wins manager of month award for October
7 November 2025 Off

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim wins manager of month award for October

By Total Football News

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has won the Premier League manager of the month award for October, the first time he has won the accolade.

Amorim, who became United boss in November 2024, led his side to three top-flight wins last month as he eased the pressure on himself following a slow start to the season.

United started October with a win against Sunderland before they claimed three points at

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Reasons to be cheerful at last? Ruben Amorim’s year in charge at Man Utd
1 November 2025 Off

Reasons to be cheerful at last? Ruben Amorim’s year in charge at Man Utd

By Total Football News

Had Amorim’s one-year anniversary been marked on 1 October, judgement would have been almost exclusively negative.

At that point, only Tottenham of the 17 teams who remained in the Premier League throughout his tenure had fewer points than United’s 34 from 33 games. After three successive victories, Wolves and West Ham are also behind them now.

On Thursday, for the first time, Amorim was shortlisted for manager of the month.

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