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Manchester United head coach the Portuguese coach thinks it is important the co-owner went public with his future vision - but notes nothing is assured about the next day in soccer, never mind three seasons.

During a discussion with a leading newspaper recently, the co-owner said it could take the manager three seasons to create substantial change at Old Trafford.

Coming in a period when the manager's position has been receiving close inspection in the wake of a lengthy stretch of unsatisfactory outcomes, the words contributed to reducing certain present tensions.

But, speaking before the centenary clash with historic adversaries Liverpool at the famous stadium, Amorim stressed that the future is hard to predict in the beautiful game.

"It's truly positive to receive that message but he communicates to me all the time, sometimes with a message post fixtures - but you know, I know and Jim knows, that football is not like that," he stated.

"The vital factor is the following fixture. Regardless of investors, you cannot control tomorrow in soccer."

Chief executive the club executive has conceded it has required much more time for Amorim to adjust to the top division following his move from his former club during the winter than anybody anticipated.

Manchester United have achieved 10 times in 34 top-flight fixtures under the 40-year-old. They still haven't achieved back-to-back league wins and didn't complete a matchday this season above ninth position.

The worrying figures are stretching belief in the head coach among the United fanbase approaching a run of games their club has been awful in for the previous two campaigns.

Amorim said he isn't experiencing the doubt inside the club at the team's practice complex and is firm nothing equals the expectation he places on the team - and in certain ways, he would prefer Ratcliffe not to be trying to create tranquility because he is concerned about the effect it might produce on the team.

"It isn't merely a thing that people talk about, I experience it daily," he remarked. "It's truly positive to listen to it because it benefits our followers to understand the administration realize it needs a period.

"However simultaneously, I'm not fond of it because it gives a feeling that we have time to solve problems. I don't want that impression in our organization.

"The pressure I place on the squad or to myself is so much bigger [than that from outside]. In soccer, particularly at major teams, you must demonstrate yourself every weekend."

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• Man Utd
• English top flight
• Football