Every word from Ruben Amorim press conference after Man Utd v Arsenal | 9 March 2025

Do you think there’s a confidence issue with your team?

“It depends. I think we are starting to believe. We believe more during the games because we feel comfortable, you feel, ‘I can do this’. We are okay and then we are growing in confidence during the game. Not so much in the beginning, in the beginning we try to understand, but then during the game, I felt that also in Spain. During the game, I think we increased the confidence and the quality of our game.”

Just on Bruno again. If the club had signed more players with his level of quality, but not just quality, his mentality, ability to play every three days. Do you think the club wouldn’t have been in quite in this position? And going forward, for you, how crucial is it that you bring in players with that level of quality, with that level of mentality, with that level of energy?

“I think any coach when he wants to bring players, he expects the best, but sometimes they have to adapt and sometimes you have luck with the character of the player or not. Even with all the investigation that all the coaches do before signing players. What I can say is that we need more Brunos. That is clear. Not just the quality, the character, not some mistakes, but the character that he has, the availability in this league, is so important and he’s so decisive with the ball and without the ball.”

Just wanted to ask how Leny Yoro is. And what did you make of Ayden Heaven’s debut?

“Ayden’s so relaxed. He seems so relaxed that sometimes he’s too relaxed. But I think we have a player there, so now we have to control and to tell him that was just the game, et cetera, et cetera. Leny, he has something in his foot, I think. We’ll see if he’s available for Thursday.”