In perhaps the least unlikely moment of the last 14 months in England, with his team just three points away from fourth place in the Premier League, Ruben Amorim was fired as manager of Man. United. At least that is the reading of Peter Schmeichel, legend of the red devils and also a former Sporting goalkeeper. The Dane did not understand the decision to fire the Portuguese coach at this point in the season and harshly criticized the club's management, including Jason Wilcox and Jim Ratcliffe, the main responsible, remembering that there were better times for this inevitable separation to happen. «It was the wrong decision to fire Ruben Amorim - at this point - when you have no other plan. I was really surprised, I didn't see that coming. I can't understand, I still can't understand why. When you talk to people within the club they say 'yes, it's about time we did that, we've been unhappy'. But why choose this moment? This moment doesn't make sense to me. Why? Why now? Why not in October, for example?”, he asked, speaking to viaplay. «If Jason Wilcox feels that he was insulted, because of something that happened in that meeting, it is not his ego that determines or decides who the coach is. They can say, 'ok, it wasn't good, it's difficult to work with this person', or whatever they're thinking, but choose the moment. And why put the club... back here? It doesn't matter what they do now, it will always set them back [à mesma situação de Ten Hag]», he completed. Schmeichel therefore believes that the club is taking a step back by firing a coach again and without an immediate plan to succeed Amorim, at a time when there are games after games in the Premier League. For now, Darren Fletcher is the interim coach and Solskjaer is being appointed to the role, but only until the end of the season, when Man. United wants to find a new team leader, permanently.