Every word from Ruben Amorim pre-Europa League final press conference | 14 May 2025

Do you feel as though the spirit is there? You said some very harsh things on Sunday, do you feel as though everybody is moving in the same direction? “A final is different but you can understand this season has been really tough on everybody. The results and also the changing in the staff, and you can feel it in our club. We are addressing that during the season, we are changing the way we play during the season. We had so many bad results in the Premier League. So, the environment is tough in the moment but I guarantee you, when we are preparing in the Europa League, the environment is different and you can feel the excitement. But you can understand the environment this year is really tough.” I think you said on Sunday that if results carried on, maybe someone else would have the chance [as head coach]. Do you seriously see yourself walking away from this club having been given this opportunity? “What I’m saying is since I arrived here, I’m always talking about the standards and I cannot see the team having these results, especially in the Premier League, and not say nothing and not take the responsibility. I have a clear idea what to do, I understand the problems of the team, so I’m far from quitting. What I’m saying is we need to perform. [If] we had this season in the future, we need to perform, or else they will change us. That is a normal thing. Especially after a match, that was my feeling and it still is my feeling today.” Ruben, what will be more important to you personally: winning a trophy or getting this club into the Champions League? “Personally, for me, I think Champions League is more important, for everything. To prepare the next season. We are supposed to be in the Champions League, Europa League here is not enough. You have that feeling here. This is the best way to help us get in the top in a few years, is Champions League, not the title or the cup. So, for me, Champions League is more important.”